Three-blade azimuth: description and photo

The Annonov family includes more than 2000 plant species. Many of them are economically valuable - they give tasty fruits or aromatic oils. All annonovs grow in the tropics, since they do not tolerate frosts at all. The only exception is the genus of Azimin. Some of its representatives can go outside the tropics. But they are still thermophilic.

The only plant of the Ann's family that can tolerate freezing up to -30 ° C is a three-bladed azimony (banana tree). This variety is distributed throughout the US, right up to the borders with Canada. It is this kind of azimin that causes the increased interest of Russian gardeners.

External signs of a plant

It is a three-bladed azimine very neat tree with a pyramidal crown. In the wild, this member of the Annonov family can grow up to 15 m. However, when cultivated in the garden, the length of the three-lobed azimine trunk usually does not exceed 5-10 m. The distinctive features of this plant, in addition to the crown of regular shape, are a beautiful smooth crust and fairly large leaves .

Bloom

The flowers in the azimine are also large - about 6 cm in diameter. Six petals of the corolla have a very unusual - reddish-brown - shade. In this case, the flower has several pestles. In the future, each of them, in case of successful pollination turns into an ovary, and then into a fetus. The smell of azimine flowers is weak, but very unpleasant. In the wild, this plant is pollinated mainly by flies-scavengers. The fact is that the flowers of this unusual tree smell of rotten meat.

Azimine trilobate (American pawpaw - another one of its name), despite the spectacular appearance of the crown, is grown by summer residents, of course, not as an ornamental plant. Its value lies primarily in the delicious and healthy fruits. You can eat them both fresh and canned.

Description of fruits

Blooms azimina three-lobed in spring - for at least three weeks. After that the petals of the coronals crumble and begin to tie fruit. The length of the latter is about 10 cm, diameter - 5 cm. From each flower can grow up to 9 fruits. The skin is very thin, and the pulp resembles a soft butter in consistency. The color of unripe fruits is green azimine. After a while it becomes yellowish. Ripe fruits of this plant have a dark brown color. They are very poorly kept. Therefore, they are either eaten immediately fresh, or jam, jam, compotes, etc., are prepared directly on the day of collection. You can also tear yellow-green fruits from the tree and store them until ripening. But in this case they will not be too juicy.

Actually, about the palatability of the fruits of azimine with admiration, absolutely everyone who has ever tried them responds. The reason for this is mainly the high content of sugars. Americans believe that the taste of the fruits of azimine resembles a custard. The smell is also very pleasant.

Biological features

At us in the country azimina three-lobed, in spite of the fact that this plant can withstand and very low temperatures, is grown basically only in the Stavropol and Krasnodar edges, and also in the south of the Rostov region. In these regions dacha often do not even cover it for the winter. In the Sochi region, several high-yielding varieties of three-bladed azimuths were excreted.

Sometimes this nontraditional fruit culture for Russia can be seen in the gardens and in the colder regions of the country. For example, sometimes even grown azimina three-lobed in the suburbs. However, in the cold regions, this culture, of course, requires careful shelter for the winter. After all, the air temperature in the winter in the middle zone of Russia sometimes drops below -30 degrees. Plant this fruit crop in pairs. Despite the fact that in every flower of the azimine there are pistils and stamens, pollination is cross-pollinated.

The fruits of the banana tree ripen unevenly. In this case, the mature ones are very poorly kept on the branches and quickly showered. They start to rot already the next day. After all, a very delicate and juicy pulp of fruits is one of the distinctive features of such a plant as azimuth trilobate. The seeds of this plant are very large (as in watermelon). They are arranged in two rows. The fruits of the azimine ripen for the 5th-8th year after planting. Harvest from vaccinations can be collected for the second year.

The value of the fruits of azimine

Properties of the fruits of this plant are truly unique. At home, the azimines, in America, the peasants treat them poisoning. Residents of the tropics are confident that, after a month of eating the fruits of this plant, the intestine is completely cleared of all the accumulated slag. And this, in turn, is very beneficial for the general well-being.

In addition, the fruits of azimine have an antimicrobial and even antitumor effect. In the US, they are often used for prevention and even for the treatment of cancer. According to the results of research conducted by scientists, the juice and flesh of azimines restrain the growth of tumors even better than many medications.

Seeds of this plant can be used and as an emetic. Many American women also make aziminy from rejuvenating fruits a rejuvenating facial mask. It is believed that by the effectiveness of the action they surpass even many expensive chemical cosmetics.

Features of reproduction

In the wild nature, a three-lobed azimine can be found mainly on fertile soils along the banks of water bodies. The thickets it forms are very dense, as it gives a lot of growth. In the conditions of gardens and vegetable gardens it is propagated only by seeds and root offspring. Sortovuyu aziminu gardeners are advised to inoculate wild game by the method of "splitting".

The root system of this plant is very sensitive. Therefore, the saplings of the azimuth of the trilobate should not be moved to another place. The same applies to seedlings.

Peculiarities of growing

To the composition of the azimuth soil, the three-lobed is absolutely undemanding. It can be planted even on heavy clay soils. But this plant loves the sun very much. It is necessary to prune seedlings only in the first two years of cultivation.

Watering the azimuth three-bladed is often. The soil under this tree should be constantly wet. However, you can not tolerate water stagnation. Feeding azimine with both organic and mineral fertilizers. Excellent for this purpose will suit the same manure, ash or urea. Adult plants are useful for cropping on substitution, since the fruits of azimine are formed on last year's shoots. Of course, in the spring it is necessary to remove all diseased, improperly growing and frozen branches. For winter it is desirable to cover the azimine with a spunbond.