Often believed to be the true custard apple, the sugar apple is a slow growing, bushy, deciduous tree of about 5 m. It is drought tolerant.
The fruit is yellow - green in colour with a pale yellow, firm flesh which is sweet and custard like. Fruiting occurs from 3 years with seedling trees and as early as 1 year old with grafted trees. A very productive species.
Nutritional composition of the sugar apple per 100 grams of edible portion is: Water - 73.3%, Energy - 94 calories, Carbohydrate - 23.7 g, Fat - 0.3 g, Protein -1.8 g, Ash - 0.9 g, Calcium -22 mg, Potassium - 275 mg, Sodium - 11 mg, Iron - 0.6 mg, Phosphorous - 41 mg, Vitamin A -10 I.U., Thiamin - 0.10 mg, Riboflavin - 0.14 mg, Niacin - 1.0 mg, Ascorbic acid - 34 mgs.