Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
Synonyms : = Annona triloba
Common names : Pawpaw, custard apple, dog-banana
Cherokee: deshɑ̹gʽí (Banks 1953:52)
Haudenosaunee: hadi’ot (Parker 1910:95)
Osage: hiŋdse hiu / hiŋdse waxða (Munson 1981:232)
Form : tree, up to 40 ft. tall; perennial.
Flowers : Apr-May (white, red, yellow, purple).
Notes – when the banana was introduced to the Osage, they named it the same as this species (Munson 1981:232).
Food
Fruits – eaten by the Haudenosaunee (Parker 1910:95, Waugh 1916:129) and Osage (Munson 1981:232).Notes – these fruits are delicious and highly-esteemed among modern foragers.
Material
Inner bark – used by the Osage for cordage and rough weaving (Munson 1981:232). Used by the Cherokee for cordage and strong ropes (Banks 1953:52).
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal in GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-04-16.Pawpaw (Annona Triloba) from The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1754) by Mark Catesby (1683-1749). Original from Biodiversity Heritage Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. Asimina triloba illustrated by Charles Dessalines D’ Orbigny (1806-1876). Digitally enhanced from our own 1892 edition of Dictionnaire Universel D’histoire Naturelle. Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal observed in United States of America by Samuel A. Schmid (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Image from: Ben’s Journal: Hunting for Pawpaws – The Perfect Rosh Hashanah Addition (blogbyben.com) Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal observed in United States of America by Samuel A. Schmid (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal observed in United States of America by Mike Tilley (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal observed in United States of America by Southern Appalachia (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ) Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal observed in United States of America by Southern Appalachia (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ )
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