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common pawpaw

Asimina triloba

The common pawpaw is a small tree that grows delicious, sweet fruits. Its leaves are big and green, and the tree can be found in many forests across North America.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The common pawpaw is a small deciduous tree with large, oblong leaves that turn bright yellow in fall. Its unique bell-shaped, purplish-brown flowers appear before the leaves. The kidney-shaped fruit ripens from green to yellow-brown.

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Interessante Fakten

George Washington's favorite dessert was chilled pawpaw fruit!

Its unusual flowers are pollinated by flies and beetles, not bees!

Pawpaw leaves contain natural insecticides, protecting them from most pests.

The pawpaw is North America's largest native edible fruit!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Stinky Attractor

common pawpaw has flowers that smell like rotting meat to attract flies and beetles for pollination.

Fähigkeit

Toxin Shield

common pawpaw has special chemicals in its leaves and twigs that deter most insects and deer.

Fähigkeit

Understory Survivor

common pawpaw can grow well in the shade of larger trees, helping it thrive in forest environments.

Maße und Details

Höhe
300-1000 cm
Ausbreitung
200-600 cm
Blütengröße
2.5-5 cm
Blütezeit
Frühling
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Spicebush Swallowtail

Papilio troilus

larvae eat its leaves for food

eats

Virginia opossum

Didelphis virginiana

enjoys the sweet, ripe pawpaw fruits

pollinates

Blue bottle fly

Calliphora vicina

attracted to its unusual smelling flowers

eats

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

feasts on the fallen, ripe pawpaw fruits

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Custard Apple

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

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Always ask an adult before picking or eating any fruit from trees.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von common pawpaw?

300-1000 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von common pawpaw?

200-600 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von common pawpaw?

2.5-5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von common pawpaw?

Frühling

Was ist der/die/das essbar von common pawpaw?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von common pawpaw?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von common pawpaw?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von common pawpaw?

Insekten

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