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Pawpaw
Common Name: Pawpaw, Custard Apple, Wild Banana
Botanical Name: Asimina triloba
Family: Annonaceae
Type and Use: Deciduous tree with edible fruit and distinctive tropical-looking foliage texture
Location: Shade to partial shade
Planting Dates: Plant seed in fall
Planting Method: Cuttings, layering, seed
Seed Emergence: Slow, germinate the next spring
Harvest Time: Late summer
Height: 15-30 feet
Spread: 15-20 feet
Final Spacing: 10-15 feet
Growth Habits: Purplish-green flowers in April. Fruit is 3-5 inch banana-shaped green when young, brown or black when mature; edible in the fall.
Culture: Small tropical-looking tree. Native to the deep acid soils of east Texas. Very large fan-shaped leaves turn yellow in the fall. Young shoots and leaves are covered with rusty down.
Problems and Solutions: Leaf-eating ants. Hard to transplant large specimens, however, small plants are fairly easy.
Harvest and Storage: Pick when fruit is ripe. The outside will be coppery brown and the inside creamy yellow. Keep fruit in cold storage until fully ripe for sweet taste.
Notes: Asimina parviflora is the dwarf pawpaw.
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