Tree · Annonaceae
Pond apple
Annona glabra
Pond apple is recorded as native to 1 state or territory in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 15 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Pond apple at a glance
- Native in
- 15 counties, across 1 state or territory
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 9a PLANTS minimum temperature 18°F
- Mature height
- 10 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Tolerates shade Moisture use not recorded
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 9a. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of 18°F; zone 9a winters bottom out at 20°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
Pond apple is recorded as native to 1 state or territory in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 15 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 15 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- Florida 15 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record. “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Growth rate
- Not recorded
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Shape
- Erect
- Lifespan
- Short
- Active growth period
- Not recorded
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Tolerant (tolerates shade)
- Moisture use
- Not recorded
- Drought tolerance
- Medium
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- High
- Precipitation range
- 30 to 70 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Not recorded
- pH range
- 6.1 to 7.8
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- Not recorded
- Salinity tolerance
- Low
- Fertility requirement
- Not recorded
- Minimum root depth
- 24 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- 18°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 9a and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 365
- Fire tolerance
- Not recorded
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Showy flowers
- No
- Bloom period
- Not recorded
- Foliage color
- Dark Green
- Showy in fall
- No
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- Green
Other
- Toxicity
- None
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- Not recorded
- Family
- Annonaceae
- PLANTS symbol
- ANGL4
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Annona glabra (PLANTS symbol ANGL4).
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources