Scientific Name:	Asimina triloba
Pronunciation:	uh-SIM-min-nuh try-LOE-buh
Common Name:	pawpaw, Custard apple
Family Name:	Annonaceae
Plant Type:	Tree - deciduous, Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Suckering; dense pyramidal or rounded crown; stem emits fetid odor when bruised; flower buds ovoid and pubescent; fruit large, oval green then yellowish brown berry.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Upright Form: Round Texture: Very coarse Mature Size: Height: 3 - 5m Spread: 2 - 3m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - southwest Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Humus rich, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Medicinal plant, Urban agriculture, Wildlife food Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Glossary Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Oblanceolate, Obovate Apices: Acute Bases: Rounded Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 6 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Not showy, Purple, Dark-red, (somewhat violet) Flower Scent: Unpleasant Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May Additional Info: Lurid purple; unpleasant smell

Fruit Type: Berry (true) Fruit Colour: Brown, Green-yellow Fruiting Time: Jun, Jul Additional Info: Showy, Edible

Bark or Stem Colour: Dark Grey Additional Info: Dark brown gray when young, slightly scaly and rough at maturity     Leaf Bud Type: Superposed

Propagation:	Grafting
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Medium maintenance plant
Other:	Difficult to transplant; perfersdeep fertile soil
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant
Specific Pests:	Racoons like the banana custard tasting fruit

Location(s): (TFL) Turf Field Lab (TFLS) Turf Field Lab South Location Map

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