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Asimina triloba

PawPaw

Common pawpaw is a small tree with big drooping, tropical-looking leaves. The maroon flowers, about 1-2 in across appear before the leaves in spring, growing right out of the smooth, gray bark of the previous season's growth. The greenish fruits are shaped like bananas or mangos. They are 3-6 in long and hang in clusters with 2 to 9 pawpaws per cluster. When ripe, the fruit tastes like a creamy mixture of banana and pineapple. Pawpaws are prone to suckering (sending up shoots), and the proverbial pawpaw patch is often a clone arising from a single individual

Height:  25'

Spread:  10-15'

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