Plant Story

This species is part of the guanabana family found in humid forest ecosystems. It grows up to  10 meters, so it is common to find it in the understory. It is characterized by having greenish-white, aromatic, pedulumn shaped  flowers and globose red-orange fruits when ripe. It grows between 0 to 540 meters above sea level and is endemic to Costa Rica, growing exclusively in the Central Valley and country’s the central and southern Pacific regions. The tree is common at the Osa Conservation Biological Station.