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Common Pawpaw
Common Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Up to 80 yrs
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

The common pawpaw is the largest edible fruit native to North America, with a creamy custard-like flesh that tastes of banana and mango. It's the only temperate member of the tropical Annonaceae family, thriving in rich bottomland forests.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Magnoliales
Family
Annonaceae
Genus
Asimina
Species
Asimina triloba