Paw Paw Fruit Tree

Pawpaws taste like a mix of banana mango with a hint of lemon said bono.
Paw paw fruit tree. It s the only local member of a large mainly tropical plant family annonaceae and produces the largest edible fruit native to north america. Asimina triloba the american papaw pawpaw paw paw or paw paw among many regional names is a small deciduous tree native to the eastern united states and canada producing a large yellowish green to brown fruit. The nutritional value is very high rivaling oranges and bananas. It s a favorite host plant of the zebra.
Pawpaws grow best in moist bottomland and well drained areas that are sunny or partly shaded. It s an overlooked legacy from mother nature that harks back to gentler times when bonneted girls and straw hatted boys went fruit picking in bare feet on summer mornings. The paw paw is a native fruit and the largest of the north american native tree grown fruits. But there are many other uses for pawpaw fruit.
In fact it is the largest edible fruit indigenous to the united states found in 26 states. This might be the most excited i ve ever been about growing a plant on. At a length of up to six inches the pawpaw is north america s largest native fruit. Pawpaw is a native north american tree.
The texture is similar to a custard. The paw paw tree asimina triloba is indigenous to 26 states in the united states growing wild from the gulf coast up to the great lakes region. The paw paw fruit tree asimina triloba is the largest edible wild fruit native to the usa. Pawpaw trees attract zebra swallowtail butterflies resist deer and pawpaws are tropical like fruits.
The abundant fruit of a pawpaw tree. Pawpaws are often simply eaten raw picked fresh from the tree and eaten out of hand. With leaves and branches that deer avoid and fruit that is loved by all the pawpaw asimina triloba is a fascinating native tree. Where oh where is pretty little susie.