Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_annona_glabra
Pond apple
Annona glabra
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About Pond apple
Pond apple (Annona glabra) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi in historical forestry planting records and a separate 2018 cultivation catalog. The reviewed records do not establish present survival or naturalization.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. The 1918–1959 Kauaʻi reforestation working register records 8 plants under Annona glabra across 1 entries dated 1940. These are recorded planting quantities, not counts of surviving trees, and they do not by themselves establish current persistence, naturalization, or ecological impact. Source: Kauaʻi Reforestation Plantings 1918–1959 working register (user-supplied; reconciled 6 October 2026).
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Annona glabra
- Common names
- Pond apple · alligator apple · swamp apple
- Other names
- Annona glabra · pond apple · alligator apple · swamp apple · Annona palustris
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Reviewed historical planting and cultivation records do not establish present survival, current extent, or naturalization on Kauaʻi. Public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Woody shrub or tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Pond apple (Annona glabra) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi in historical forestry planting records and a separate 2018 cultivation catalog. The reviewed records do not establish present survival or naturalization.