It is a bush reaching 2–3 meters in height. Its branches have white lenticels. Its leaves are 5-9 by 1-2 centimeters and come to tapering point. The upper surface of the leaves are glossy, the undersides are lightly covered in wooly hairs. The leaves have 18-20 secondary veins emanating from its midrib. Its petioles are 3-6 millimeters long, covered in rust-colored wooly hairs and have a groove on their upper surface. Its flowers are on 1-1.5 centimeter long, black peduncles that are covered in white wooly hairs. The peduncles have a triangular bract about a third of the way up their length. The bract is covered with rust-colored wooly hairs. Its calyx has triangular lobes. It has 3 petals that touch, but are not fused, at their margins. The petals are 20-25 by 3 millimeters and a bit wider at their base. The petals reddish on their outer surface and have wooly hairs on both surfaces. Its round fruit are 2 by 2 centimeters, with a surface covered in small warty projections and gray wooly hairs.[2]
^"Annona moaensis León & Alain". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved July 18, 2019..
^ abLeón, Hermano; Alain, Hermano (1946). "El Genero Annona en Cuba" [The Genus Annona in Cuba]. Revista de la Sociedad Cubana de Botánica (in Spanish and Latin). 3 (5): 116–124.
^Walker, James W. (1971). "Pollen Morphology, Phytogeography, and Phylogeny of the Annonaceae". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 202: 1–130. JSTOR41764703.
