Tree Tale | Ramphal | Kannada
Channel: Arvind Gupta
Date: 12/08/2015

The common English name of the Ramphal is the Bullock’s Heart Tree. Its botanical name is Annona reticulata. Annona in Latin means the Year’s Harvest and Reticulata is on account of the net-like sculpturing on the outside of the fruit. 
The Ramphal is related to the Sitaphal or the delicious Custard Apple.
The tree attains a height of 20-25 feet. Its leaves are 4-7 inches long and oblong lanceolate.
The fruit is 4-6 inches in diameter rounded and sometimes heart shaped. The final colouring of the ripe fruit makes the heart-like appearance of the fruit more realistic.
Ramphal is native to Tropical America and the West Indies.
The Ramphal fruit is sweet and edible. The fruit is a good example of a collective fruit. It is made of a number of seed bits fused together. This work is supported by IUCAA and TATA Trust. This film was made by Ashok Rupner, Gargi Rupner, Gunjan Rupner TATA Trust: Education is one of the key focus areas for Tata Trusts, aiming towards enabling access of quality education to the underprivileged population in India. To facilitate quality in teaching and learning of Science education through workshops, capacity building and resource creation, Tata Trusts have been supporting Muktangan Vigyan Shodhika (MVS), IUCAA's Children’s Science Centre, since inception. To know more about other initiatives of Tata Trusts, please visit www.tatatrusts.org