The custard apple plant (Annonasquamosa) is a small, semi-deciduous tree or shrub with fragrant flowers and edible fruit. Thin, gray bark, lanceolate or oblong lanceolate, sharp or blunt at the tip, and round or widely wedge-shaped at the base . Fragrant, pendulous, yellow-green, in clusters of two to four, with three long outer petals and three very small inner ones . Round, heart-shaped, ovate, or conical, with many round protuberances, greenish-yellow when ripe, with a white, powdery bloom . Oblong, smooth, shiny, blackish or dark-brown, ranging in length from 1.3 to 1.6 cm