A native of tropical America, the soursop was introduced into Southeast Asia sometime during the 16th century.
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| Pangasinan | átis | tree with sweet, light yellowish green fruit similar in shape to a pinecone and about the size of a large apple, sometimes known as sugar apple |
| Ilokano | átis | sweetsop: Annona squamosa |
| Tagalog | átis | tree that bears very sweet fruit called custard apple |
| Hanunóo | ʔátis | the sweetsop, a tree that bears aromatic and very sweet fruits: Annona squamosa Linn. |
| Aklanon | átis | sugar apple: Annona squamosa Linn. |
| Cebuano | átis | sugar apple, a widely planted sweet fruit with numerous black seeds: Annona squamosa |
| Tiruray | ʔatis | sweetsop, Annona squamosa Linn. |
| Tausug | atis | sweetsop, sugar apple: Annona squamosa |
| Proto-Sangiric | atis | soursop: Annona squamosa |
| Bikol | átis | sugar apple: Annona squamosa |