What is Asimina?

Assimina or Pawpaw is a genus of small fruit trees and shrubs originally in North America. It produces the largest edible fruit originally from the continent. There are eight assimina in the southern and eastern United States and the extreme south in Canada in Canada. Most species grow in Florida and Georgia. Fruits have many common names, most referring to its similarity in taste and texture with a banana, such as "Prairie Banana" and "Banan of the Poor People".

While most types asimina are evergreen, with leaves all year round; The only species that grows in the north, a. Triloba or the normal paw is deciduous, which means that in the autumn it loses its leaves seasonally. Trees or shrubs range from six and a half to 40 feet (two to 12 meters) high. Leaves Assimina are large, eight to 14 inches (20 to 35 cm) long and four to six inches (10 to 15 cm) wide.

asimina flowers are one and apolovina up to two inches (four to six cm) across and white, brown orviolet. They felt rotting meat to attract insects such as fruit flies and beetles, like pollinators. However, the fragrance is often weak in some species and does not exist. Growers sometimes place rotting meat or fruit near the tree to attract pollinators.

Fruits of the paw is a large edible berry weighing from 0.7 to 18 ounces (20 to 500 grams). It is green when it is immature and is ready to eat when it is yellow or brown. The fruit of the paw is strongly deployed and tastes like mango or banana. He is rich in protein. The fruit has a short life, but can be preserved by preserving, drying or making jam or jelly.

a. Triloba ranges from a sensitive state of preservation to threatening throughout its native environment and a. Tetramera , four-fly Pawpaw, is at risk, only 750 plants. a. Tetramera grows in Florida and is rejuvenated by fire. Most remaining grewIn it grows on private real estate in the districts of Martin and Palm Beach. a. Obovata , Bigflower Pawpaw, is also limited to Florida.

Four types of assimina grow on Florida and Georgia: a. Angustifolia or Slimleaf Pawpaw, a. Incana or Thw Wooly Pawpaw, a. paw. a. Angustifolia In addition, it grows in Alabama. a. Parviflora grows to the southern United States, from Texas to Virginia.