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a spiky green fruit that tastes like pineapple kissed a strawberry, then ghosted both
means A large, spiky green tropical fruit with soft white flesh and a sweet-tart custardy flavor, borne by a small evergreen tree native to the Americas.
from From the Dutch 'zuurzak,' literally 'sour sack' — 'zuur' (sour) plus 'zak' (sack or bag), a nod to its tart pulp and lumpy, bag-like shape. Dutch colonial traders carried both the fruit and its name through the Caribbean, where English ears reshaped 'zuurzak' into the more familiar-sounding 'soursop.' The same tree wears many names across the tropics — guanábana in Spanish, graviola in Portuguese-speaking Brazil — but the English version keeps that briny-sounding Dutch echo.
- alias
- Also called guanabana and graviton's cousin, custard apple
- size
- Single fruit can weigh over 15 pounds
- caution
- Seeds and leaves contain mild neurotoxins
- flavor
- Pineapple, banana, and citrus in one bite
- hype
- Marketed as cancer cure with zero solid proof
soursop ice cream — caribbean dessert made from soursop fruit (annona muricata), popular in puerto rico and dominican republic
soursop tea — traditional beverage from soursop leaves, widely consumed in central america and parts of asia for claimed health benefits
soursop juice — commercial beverage sold across tropical regions, major export product from countries like brazil and colombia