Common Name: Pawpaw
Scientific Name:
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Asimina
Species: triloba
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 8
Height: 15 to 20 ft
Width: 15 to 20 ft
Common Characteristics:
- Largest edible fruit native to North America with a taste often compared to a mix between a banana and mango
- Fruit peaks in the fall time
- Understory tree that is often found on floodplain edges
- Deer avoid leaves and branches
- Leaves can grow up to a foot in length and 5 inches wide
- Leaves are spirally arranged
- Reddish-purple flowers that need pollen from another tree in order to produce fruit
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