Pawpaw, paw paw, paw-paw, papaw — no matter the common-name spelling, Asimina triloba is a native tree with an interesting history and unique characteristics. George Washington enjoyed the tree's ...

Paw paws (Asimina triloba) are a survivor from when North America was warmer. They are the only temperate zone tree in a tropical family. You can see that their leaves and large fruit have that jungle ...

Have YOU ever heard of the pawpaw? It’s the largest edible fruit native to the United States, and it used to be more well-known. Towns are named after it, including Paw Paw, Illinois. It’s scientific ...

If you want to eat a pawpaw, you’ve got to be quick. Pawpaws, or “hillbilly bananas,” have to ripen on the tree, which means they usually fall to the ground when they are ready. “One of the funny, key ...

From a botanical perspective, the pawpaw, Asimina triloba, is actually really special as it is the only member of the custard-apple family adapted to growing outside of the tropics in our temperate ...

Paw paw can be described as sweet and delicious with a taste between banana and mango, with perhaps a note of pineapple or citrus. The flavor is delivered in fruit with a creamy custard-like ...

Looking to plant something unusual, easy to grow and exotically delicious? Let me introduce you to Asimina triloba, the pawpaw tree. Also known as Hoosier banana, poor man's banana and false banana, ...

Right now, there’s a native, tropical-tasting fruit ripening in forests throughout the United States. The Asimina triloba, commonly known as pawpaw, is found from New York to Florida and as far west ...

Even though I’m a Kentucky native, I had never heard of paw paws (Asimina triloba) until my twenties when I was managing the produce department at Good Foods Co-op in Lexington. A customer came into ...