Ilama (A. diversifolia). This fruit has a thick rind; its white or pinkish flesh has a subacid to sweet flavor and many seeds. It is inferior to the cherimoya in quality and flavor, but it is adapted to tropical lowlands where cherimoya cannot grow.

A. longipes. This species is closely related to cherimoya and is known from only three localities in Veracruz, Mexico, where it occurs at near sea level. Its traits would probably complement cherimoya's if the two species were hybridized to create a new, man-made fruit. ¹¹