Asimina triloba
( Pawpaw )
Asimina triloba is a large shrub or small to medium deciduous tree, 15 to 20 feet high and wide, occasionally reaching 30 to 40 feet. Tends to form a short trunk with many spreading branches or multi-stemmed rounded shrub.
USDAFS Additional Silvics - USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Asimina triloba is native to North America. Range may be expanded by planting. See states reporting pawpaw (opens a new window).
#291 Asimina triloba
Common Names: pawpaw, Indiana banana, Hoosier banana
Family: Annonaceae (annona Family)
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Annonaceae / Custard Apples Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
Plant Type: This is a tree which can reach a height of 10 Meters (33 feet ) . Twigs with brownish hairs.
Leaves: The leaves are alternate.
Asimina triloba
Fruits and Vegetables, Trees and Shrubs
Grow from seed sown in fall, or propagate by layering. Rich, well-draining, moist soil, sun to part shade. More than one type required for cross-pollination. Zone 5-9 ...
ASIMINA TRILOBA - Pawpaw, Paw Paw
Native to North America and related to the custard apple. Cold hardy and grown as far north as New York and Michigan. This may give it promise as a rootstock for the Annonas.
Asimina triloba
Family: Annonaceae
Pawpaw, American Custard Apple, West Virginia Banana, Indiana Banana
Origin: North America ...
Asimina triloba - Pawpaw
*Betula nigra - River Birch
*Carpinus caroliniana - Ironwood
*Diospyros virginiana - Persimmon
Gleditsia triacanthos - Honey Locust
Magnolia macrophylla - Bigleaf Magnolia
*Nyssa aquatica - Water Tupelo ...
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Pear (Pyrus sp.) Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
Plum (Prunus) ...
Botanical: Asimina triloba
Family: N.O. Anonaceae
Description Constituents Medicinal Action and Uses Other Species ...
Acer saccharum, Asimina triloba, Blephilia hirsuta, Carya cordiformis, Cystopteris fragilis protrusa, Dentaria laciniata, Eupatorium rugosum, Fagus grandifolia, Hydrophyullum appendiculatum, Hystrix patula, Quercus rubra, Sanguinaria canadensis, ...
Custard Apple, Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba
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Italian, Mediterranean Cupressus sempervirens ...
PAWPAW, CUSTARD APPLE
Asimina triloba
General Notes
Fruit has a rich custard-like flavor. Has Fragrant Flower, Fruit and Leaf. SelecTree lists no cultivars of triloba.
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Pawpaw
Latin: Asimina triloba
Pawpaw fruit have a fruity, tropical taste and creamy texture when fully ripe.
The pawpaw, or papaw (Asimina triloba), one of the few temperate species remaining from the more extensive range of the family in the past, is a shrub or small tree of E North America which also bears a sweet edible fruit.
Paw paw
Scientific Name: Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
Synonym:
Family: Annonaceae ...
The "apples" however have a wonderful odor, & are perfectly edible when ripe. However, they have a laxative effect so should be eaten sparingly. They taste halfway between a tomato & a paw-paw (Asimina triloba).
Asimina obovata - Bigflower Pawpaw
Asimina parviflora - Smallflower Pawpaw
Asimina pygmea - Dwarf Pawpaw
Asimina reticulata - Netted Pawpaw
Asimina tetramera - Fourpetal Pawpaw
Asimina triloba - Common Pawpaw; Prairie Banana ...
Then there's the delicious fruit that tastes like a cross between bananas and vanilla custard, and it has a vitamin content that rivals citrus--all this wrapped up in one small package! That's Asimina triloba, the pawpaw.
 See also: Pawpaw, Green, Apple, May, Fruits
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