What is Ilama (fruit)?
{{Taxobox | name = Ilama | image = Annona diversifolia.jpg | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Magnoliales]] | familia = [[Annonaceae]] | genus = ''[[Annona]]'' | species = '''''A. diversifolia''''' | binomial = ''Annona diversifolia'' | binomial_authority = [[Saff.]] }} The '''Ilama''' (''Annona macroprophyllata''), also known as the '''soncoya''' or '''sincuya''', is a kind of [[fruit]], and also the name of the [[tree]] that it grows on. The trees and fruits can be found in tropical [[Central America]]. The name comes from the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] translation of the [[Nahuatl language|Nahuatl]] ''ilamatzapotl''. Its rough translation is 'old woman's [[sapote]]'. The name is also applied to a similar fruit, '''''cabeza de negro''''' (''A. pupurea'') which is cultivated as an alternative to the [[cherimoya]]. The cabeza de negro is similar in size to the Ilama but grey-brown in color with hard bumps on the surface, and orange flesh that tastes like [[mango]] or [[papaw]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/annonadiversifolia.htm | title=Ilama, Annona macroprophyllata }}</ref> The Ilama fruit is delicious when eaten ripe. It is either eaten on the half-shell or scooped out with a tool. The Ilama is usually chilled when served, it is sometimes served with a little cream and sugar to intensify the flavor, or with a drop of [[Lime (fruit)|lime]] or [[lemon]] juice to bring in a tart and bitter tinge. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Annona]] {{Biology-stub}}