![]() Tags: #fragrant #deciduous #small tree #rain garden #shade garden #fall interest #beneficial insects #understory tree #showy fruits #fire low flammability #pollinator plant #Braham Arboretum #larval host plant #food source summer #food source fall #Coastal FAC #garden walls #bird friendly #pollinizer #food source soft mast fruit #butterfly friendly #ebh #ebh-fn #Audubon #colonizing #woodland garden #zebra swallowtail butterfly #paw paw #wildlife friendly Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO Created by Elisabeth Meyer for " Edibles, Bulbs, and Houseplants" a plant identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens. The pawpaw tree produces self-defensive compounds so that insect pests are usually not a problem. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No known disease or insect issues. Wildlife eagerly seek out the fruits and often beat humans to the harvest. Hand pollination can lead to heavy fruit set To obtain cross pollination, plant more than one genetically different pawpaw within 15 feet of each other. The fruit resembles a short, fat banana in size and taste and is the largest fruit native to North America. The tree produces a 2.5- to 6 inch fruit that matures in late summer to early fall. In spring, 6-petaled, purplish-brown flowers mature. The bark is smooth with wart-like lenticels. The leaves are alternate, produce a pungent odor when crushed, and display a bright yellow fall color. It typically grows best in well-drained, slightly acidic, fertile soil. The cultivar, 'NC-1', is a hybrid cultivar originally from Canada and is noted for its early-ripening fruit and a high pulp to seed ratio, which means more edible fruit. It is a slow-growing tree that needs several years to bear fruit. It typically appears in a cluster in alluvial, or other moist, nutrient-rich forests. Pawpaw, is a native, understory deciduous tree in the Annonaceae family. Phonetic Spelling ah-SIH-min-ah try-LO-buh This plant has low severity poison characteristics.
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