GUANÁBANO (annona muricata)

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	GUANÁBANO
	*annona muricata*

Name
GUANÁBANO

Scientific Name
annona muricata

GUANÁBANO

Other Names:

Soursop of Mexico, Head of Black, Catoche, Corrosol, Sinini, Yaca, Zapote de Viejas

The fruit of this tree, known mainly like guanábana, that gets to weigh up to two kilos, contains a off-white pulp of pleasing flavor, similar to the one of chirimoya (Annona Cherimola), although something more acid. Very it is appreciated by his medicinal properties and like food.

Habitat: original of the Antilles and Mexico, one is spread in the tropical regions of America, Africa and Asia.

Description: tree of the family of the Anonáceas, 6 to 8 meters of height, with a straight trunk and of smooth crust. Their leaves are great, lanceoladas, of intense green color by above and blanquecinas by envés. The fruit is great and it is covered of smooth prongs.

Used parts: the fruits, the leaves, and the flowers.

Properties and indications: the pulp of the fruits of the guanábano contains glúcidos of easy metabolization, a small proportion of proteins (1%) and mineral lipids, as well as vitamins B and C in small amount, and salts, specially of phosphorus and potassium. They have properties astringents, colagogas (they facilitate the evacuating of the biliary vesicle), digestive, and also vermifugal. It is recommended to hypertense, obese, the cardiac ones, and diabetics.

The leaves are used in infusion like antidiarreicas and digestive. Applied locally like cataplasm, they are antiinflammatory in case of paperas.

The flowers are pectoral and febrífugas, reason why influenza cases of and bronchial cold are used in tisane in.

Use: the fruit is taken fresh, or in juice sweetened with honey. In infusion of leaves, prepared with 2 or 3 leaves by each water cup; 3 or 4 cups to the day are taken. In infusion of flowers it is sufficient with 1 or 2 flowers by each water cup; to take 3 or 4 cups day.

Externally, cataplasms with the leaves crushed on the parotídea region are used.

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