Custard apple, a common name, can refer to:
- Custard-apple, also called bear's heart, the fruit of the tree Annona reticulata.
- The custard-apple tree itself, Annona reticulata
The term may also refer to:
- Annonaceae - the custard apple or soursop family.
- Annona cherimola, a tree and fruit also called cherimoya.
- Annona squamosa, a tree and fruit also called sugar apple or sweetsop
- Annona senegalensis, a tree and fruit called wild custard-apple
- Casimiroa edulis, also called white sapote, a fruit related to the citrus.
Famous quotes containing the words custard and/or apple:
“Gods always got a custard pie up his sleeve.”
—Margaret Forster, British screenwriter, Peter Nichols, and Silvio Narizzano. Georgy (Lynn Redgrave)
“Where the apple reddens
Never pry
Lest we lose our Edens,
Eve and I.”
—Robert Browning (18121889)