| Scientific Name: | Asimina triloba |
| Common Name: | pawpaw, custard apple |
| Family Name: | Annonaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Medicinal plant, Urban agriculture, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Purple, Dark-red, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Green-yellow, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Suckering shrub to small tree with dense pyramidal or rounded crown; stem and leaves emit an unpleasant odour when bruised; flower buds ovoid and pubescent; leaves alternate, most blades obovate, 15-30cm long x 5-13cm wide, margin entire, upper surface glabrous (hairs near underside veins); flowers purplish 4-5cm wide; fruit large, round to oval, 4-11cm long, green then yellowish brown berry. Winter ID: leaf scars opposite, large, with 5 dark bundle scars; buds fuzzy. | |