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Asimina triloba (Pawpaw)
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It is commonly referred to as Pawpaw, and also American papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw
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Species: Asimina triloba
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This species has no specified origin
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<p>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 southern Ontario, Canada, producing a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit. Asimina is the only temperate genus in the tropical and subtropical flowering plant family Annonaceae, and Asimina triloba has the most northern range of all. </p> <p>The pawpaw is a patch-forming (clonal) understory tree of hardwood forests, which is found in well-drained, deep, fertile bottomland and also hilly upland habitat.</p>
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