Also spelled paw paw and paw-paw.

Part of soursop  family Annonaceae.

Native to most of 🇺🇸 USA East.   🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key), 🗺 map (North America, Central America),  Adobe Acrobat Reader file 🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).

The pawpaw is the 🏛[🍎︎🍒︎🍐︎🍇︎🍓︎] state native fruit of Ohio.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Asimina hosts caterpillars of 11 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

Often grows in clonal colonies [1] — look around for other stems!

Learn more about pawpaw Asimina triloba

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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍂︎ simple non-lobed ___ smooth 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, w/terminal buds