The Caribbean Dictionary

sugar apple
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Noun
An edible round, ovoid, or cone shaped fruit around 6-10 cm in diameter, with a lumpy skin. The skin colour changes from bright green to a pale whitish-green as the fruit ripens. The sweet flesh is white or very pale yellow, and has a custard-like texture. Hard , shiny brownish black seeds are spread throughout the insides.
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leah Feb 22, 2015
the Bahamas too
Sweet sop Sep 26, 2015
Sweet and juicy summer fruit.
BVI NOT USVI Dec 30, 2015
The meta data on that flag is for the British Virgin Islands not the US Virgin Islands. Other than that this stuff makes me hungry. Great Work !!!
Khürt Williams Apr 19, 2016
Sometimes called custard apple. In South America, cherimoya , Scientific name is annona cherimoya.
Sugarapple Oct 04, 2016
Also in st lucia
Philly Jan 29, 2017
Definitely The Bahamas too
sugarapple Mar 09, 2017
it grows in Grenada
sugar apple Jun 07, 2017
In Bermuda also
Desmond Jun 07, 2017
Sugar apple
Brassick Jul 12, 2017
We say sugar apple too
VincyPrincess May 20, 2018
This is my favorite fruit in the whole world!!! It’s the first thing I look for when I go home. I wish I can buy them up here in NY
Mike Lee Aug 19, 2018
Does anyone know of any farmers in and around the Grenada area that are farmers of some of the tropical fruits? I would like to import some of these fruits to the states.
anglophonie Aug 20, 2018
sugar apple
Mindy Sep 23, 2018
Trinidadians calls it the sex fruit it's an aphrodisiac
Sunny Mar 27, 2019
Sugar apple
Amy Reese Aug 14, 2019
When is this amazing fruit in season??
Mark Headley Oct 24, 2019
This is a great fruit..,love it to death,wish i had some now,it can be bought exclusively in Berlin at a very high price.
SJ Miller Nov 19, 2019
love the fruit
SJ Miller Nov 19, 2019
the fruit is increasingly becoming popular as a base for products such as jams, jellies, flavors for ice creams and so forth. it is popular just in time for the emerging cottage industry in the Bahamas and the Caribbean.
Ro Nov 27, 2019
Sweet sop
Gt gal Feb 01, 2020
We say "Sweet sop" or "Sugar apple" πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‹.
Gale Sep 16, 2021
Sugar apple,love πŸ˜‹ it so much, what are the health benefits?
Bobby Sep 17, 2021
Sugar-apple is high in energy, an excellent source of vitamin C and manganese, a good source of thiamine and vitamin B6, and provides vitamin B2, B3 B5, B9, iron, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium in fair quantities.
celestina ayala Oct 03, 2021
can I Buy this fruit?
πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡Ή Nicole Jul 03, 2022
We know it as *sugar apple* or *custard apple* I have never heard anyone here call that sex fruit!! πŸ˜‚
JJ Oct 25, 2022
In Carriacou, Grenada, my grand-dad had a sugar apple and made ice-cream out of them
KES Nov 03, 2022
Grows in DR too!
CoeurC May 31, 2023
In French WI we call it "Pomme Cannelle". Very Sweet and Juicy
Tnt Jul 14, 2023
Also know as cashima in T&T (No β€˜sex fruit’)
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