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Asimina triloba (pawpaw)

One of our continent's most distinctive trees, pawpaw (Asimina triloba) features foot-long leaves, unforgettable springtime flowers, and funky fruits that develop over the course of the summer. It is an understory tree, usually found in moist, low lying areas in small thickets. No other trees in its range look similar, with the possible exception of Kentucky's big-leaf magnolia and other magnolias, but big-leaf magnolia's leaves are even larger (2–3 feet long!) and all magnolias produce conspicuous cones.

To my knowledge no mushrooms are specifically associated with pawpaw.

 

Range of Asimina triloba

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pawpaw is usually an understory tree in low, wet ecosystems

 

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leaves are very large—up to a foot or more in length


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distinctive wine-colored flowers appear in spring; there are 3 outer petals and 3 inner petals (hence the species epithet "triloba")


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bark is thin and gray

 

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occasionally pawpaw reaches 30 feet or more

 

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distinctive petioles


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fruits develop in summer and mature in fall

 

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young fruit

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fruits often develop in clusters


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fruits are fleshy inside, with two rows of flatened, orangish seeds


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leaves are green in the summer . . .

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. . . and begin to turn in early fall . . .

 

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. . . developing rich yellow colors




Kuo, Michael (November, 2021). Asimina triloba (pawpaw). Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.com website: www.mushroomexpert.com/trees/asimina_triloba.html

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