PAW PAW TREE

Paw Paw Fruit Trees Asimina triloba   NATIVE AKA Pawpaw, Common Pawpaw, Custard Apple, Indian Banana, Wild Banana They taste like custard. Native small understory tree multi-stemmed shrub, 10-25 ft. tall. Flavor and fleshy consistency of the sweet-flavored fruits resembles bananas. George Washington loved this fruit! Although they have male and female blooms on each tree you will need two planted no less than 10 ft apart to get fruit.  

Small tree deciduous tree that is a patch forming understory tree of hardwood forests. The fruit are the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States. Fruit is sweet with a custard-like texture. Paw Paws are commonly eaten raw but are also used to make ice cream and baked desserts.

The PAW PAW plant is one that has male and female flowers on the same plant, and you won’t know until the bloom what sex they are and they usually start fruiting in the 7th year.

Starting from seed, a pawpaw tree normally will begin flowering and fruiting in 4-8 years, depending on seed quality, suitability of location, the care the tree receives, and its genetic makeup. A grafted tree can begin flowering 2-3 years after planting.
Partial sun, or partial shade, shade tolerant

SOIL: clay; sand; loam; acidic; slightly alkaline; occasionally wet; well-drained

Larval host:   Zebra Swallowtail, Pawpaw butterfly, Kite Swallowtail, Ajax Eury tides Marcellus

Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Zones 5a to 8b