The ilama is a lowland Central American custard apple (Annona diversifolia), prized in the Pacific coastlands of Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. Roughly the size of a large cherimoya, it is conical to heart-shaped with pale-green skin that is often dusted with a whitish bloom and may carry ropey ridges or fingerprint-like impressions. Inside, cultivars split into two types: a sweet white-fleshed form tasting of sugary custard, and a slightly tart pink- to rose-fleshed form with a rose-tinged, mildly acidic flavour that many growers rank above the white.