This list of cherimoya cultivars includes cultivars and varieties of cherimoya, the fruit of Annona cherimola.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2011)

Andrews

Amarilla

Asca

Baste

thick-skinned.

Bayott

(Bays x ott) Small to medium, smooth ovoid.

Bays

Tree broad, to 6 metres (20 ft) fruits round, medium size, light green, skin shows fingerprint like marks. Flavor good, almost lemony.

Bays Mt

Behl

very vigorous growing, self-pollinating cherimoya that is very juicy, complex flavours, excellent sweetness and acidity. It gives pierce, el bumpo, and NATA run for its money. No grit at all, smooth thin skin, has hint of vanilla, banana, raspberry, pine apple. Taste varies according to when picked. It is a seedling of unknown variety.

Big Sister

Sibling of Sabor. Fruit large, very smooth, good flavor. Often self-fruitful.

Blanca

Booth

Among hardiest of cherimoya, does well in most present growing areas. Tree 6 metres (20 ft) to 9 metres (30 ft) high. Fruit is conical, medium size, rather seedy, with flavor that suggests papaya.

Bronceada

Fruit of large size, conical shape and large number of bottles. Relatively thick skin, tan to yellow in maturity. Excellent organoleptic quality, with many seeds.

Bronceada Mt

Burtons Mt

Burton's Favorite

Campas

Canaria

Fruit with a rounded conical shape, medium size, smooth skin, canary yellow color, attractive. Pulp white something fibrous, very juicy and firm, aromatic, acidulated and of good flavor.

Capucha

Carter

Long-conical, but not shouldered; smooth or faintly fingerprinted; skin green to bronze; bears well. Late. Leaves wavy or twisted.

Chaffey

Tree rather open, fast growing. For coastal areas. Fruit small to medium, round, impressa type, with high, lemony flavor.

Chaffey Mt

Chavez

Fruits up to 1.5 kilograms (3.3 lb)

Chiuna 1

Chiuna 2

Chiuna 3

Concha Corriente

Concha Lisa

Rounded fruit with fingerprints areoles. Soft, creamy white pulp. Good conservation in cold. Early maturation.

Concha Pesada

Concha Picuda

Conde Concha

Copucha

Cortés II-31

Pulp with little seed, juicy and sweet. Low skin percentage and skin thickness is 1 mm and very resistant.

Cumbe

Cuero Dechando

Dedo de Dama

Deliciosa

Long-conical, prominently papillate; skin thin, slightly downy; variable in flavor; only fair in quality; generally bears well but does not ship well; cold-resistant. Midseason.

Deliciosa Mt

Ecuador

Tree broad, branches limber, spreading. Selected for superior hardiness. Fruit medium, quite dark green, mammillated, flavor good.

El Bumpo

Fruit conical, medium size, mammillated, not suited for commerce. Skin soft, practically edible. Flavor among the finest.

Favourite

Favourite Mt

Fino de Jete

Has skin type Impressa, are smooth or slightly concave at the edges. The fruit is round, oval, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped. The seeds are enclosed in the carpels and so do not detach easily, the flavour balances intense sweetness with slight acidity.

Fortuna

Cultivar was registered by Nino Cupaiuolo with the California Rare Fruit Growers in 1997. An important attribute of this cultivar is its early fruiting time with superior flavor.

Funchal

Cultivar from Madeira Island

Guayacuyán

Honeyhart

Medium, skin smooth, plated, yellowish green. Pulp has smooth texture, excellent flavor, very juicy.

Impresa

with "fingerprint" depressions

Juliana

Juniana

Kempsey

Kent (PK)

Knight

Tree has medium vigor, medium-sized pale green wavy leaves. Fruit has minor protuberances, a thin skin, a slightly grainy texture and is quite sweet.

Libby

Tree large. Fruit round conical; early harvest. Sweet, strong flavor.

Lisa

almost smooth

Local Serena

Lope Concha

Madeira

Bulky fruit usually with thick green peel. It has a heart shape, having a skin with some small protuberances. Its pulp is white, sweet, creamy, juicy, having a slightly acid and delicate, with a pronounced fragrance. The color of the skin can range from bright green, yellow-green or bronze-green. Cultivar from Madeira Island

Mateus-II

Cultivar from Madeira Island

Margarita

McPherson

Tree pyramidal, vigorous, to 9 metres (30 ft). Fruits small to medium in size, conical, dark green, not seedy. Flavor suggests banana, sweetness varies with temperature while maturing.

Mossman

Ñamas

Names

Nata

Tree vigorous, bears quickly, flowers profuse, tendency to self-pollinating. Fruits smooth, light green, conical, .7 kilograms (1.5 lb) to 1.1 kilograms (2.4 lb). Skin thin, tender. Flavor has good sweet-acid balance.

Negra

Orton

Ott

Tree strong growing. Fruit medium, heart shaped tuberculate, flesh yellow, seedy, very sweet. Matures early.

P43 Mt

P52 Mt

Papilonado

with fleshy, nipple-like protrusions

Perry Vidal

Cultivar from Madeira Island

Pierce

Tree is vigorous with large dark green leaves. Fruit is medium-sized elongated conically shaped with very smooth skin and a high sugar content.

Piña

Fruit of conical shape with very marked protuberances, medium size, with thin skin, dark green-opaque. White and juicy pulp, excellent aroma reminiscent of a pineapple. Late maturity.

Piña Mt

Pinchua

Thin-skinned

PK2 Mt

PK 31

Plomiza

Popocay

Q Mt

Reretai Mt

Rio Negro

Heart shaped fruits weighing 0.8 kilograms (1.8 lb) to 1 kilogram (2.2 lb)

Rugosa

Ryerson

Long-conical, smooth or fingerprinted, with thick, tough, green or yellow green skin; of fair quality; ships well. Leaves wavy or twisted.

Sabor

Sibling of "Big Sister". Fruit mammillated, varies in size, not usually large. Among the best in flavor.

San Miguel

Sander

Fruits with moderate number of seeds

Santa Julia

Selma

Pink flesh

Serenense Larga

Serenense Lisa

Smoothey

Spain

Small to medium, smooth, conical; banana flavor

Terciopelo or Felpa

Tetilado

with fleshy, nipple-like protrusions

Tocarema

Tuberculada

with conical protrusions having wartlike tips

Tumba

Umbonada

with rounded protrusions

Whaley

Tree moderately vigorous. Fruit medium to large elongated conical, tuberculate, light green, flavor good. Seed enclosed in an obtrusive sac of flesh.

White

Tree open, unkempt; to 11 metres (36 ft), needs forming. Fruit large, to 2 kilograms (4.4 lb)4 pounds, conical, with superficial small lumps (umbonate). Flesh juicy, flavor weak, suggesting mango-papaya.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

See also

• Lists of cultivars

References