ANNONA MURICATA L. Soursop.
The fruit pulp which is used in the preparation of drinks and ice-cream contains vitamin C. It has beenused as a febrifuge and the dried unripe fruit in the form of a a powder was at one time used for dysentery. The
plant (tea made from the leaves) is said to induce perspiration and to be used for colds and 'nerves'.
In Africa the whole plant is used for colds. coughs and fever, and the bark and root. which contain tannin for dysentery and worms. In the Grenadines the leaves are used to to make tea for fever, coughs and colds, 'to cool the blood' and as a sedative for vomiting. The leaves contain volatile oil, an alkaloid-like substance. fatty acids. phytosterol. myricyl alcohol and anonol which is isomeric with grindelol.
