Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Asimina triloba

common pawpaw, dog-banana, Indian-banana
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

common pawpaw, dog-banana, Indian-banana

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Asimina triloba

Familia:

Annonaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

15-20 ft, may be clonal.

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

red

Color de la fruta:

green

Fenología:

deciduous

Destacado por:

Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Small specimen tree. Also works well as a component of floodplain forests.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagación:

Can be grown from seed.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Stays wet -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam

pH del suelo:

acidic to neutral

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Birds, Mammals

Pollinated by flies and beetles

Small mammals and birds harvest the fruit.

Hábitats nativos:

River floodplains, predominantly to the north of Florida. In most of Florida, Asimina parviflora would be more appropriate yet very similar in appearance.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Fruits edible.  According to Epps (2019), the fruit of Asimina triloba is the largest edible fruit native to the U.S. and can weigh up to a pound although 5 to 7 ounces is more typical.  They also suggest that with the possible exception of the black bear, the seeds are too large to be ingested by modern north American mammals.  They conjecture that the primary spreader of the seeds was humans.

Comentarios generales:

Flowers are dark maroon, not showy.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Epps, Mary Lee. (2019). Pawpaws and the zebra swallowtail butterfly. Virginia Native Plant Society Blog. ( https://vnps.org/paw-paws-and-the-zebra-swallowtail-butterfly/ ). Accessed 2025.


Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.


Huegel, Craig N. (2010). Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Minno, Marc and Maria Minno. (1999). Florida Butterfly Gardening: A Complete Guide to Attracting, Identifying, and Enjoying Butterflies. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Traas, Pamela. (2001). Gardening for Florida's Butterflies. Great Outdoors Publishing Co., St. Petersburg, FL.


University of Tennessee Extension Service. (2010). Desired pH Range and salt tolerance of common nursery plants. ( https://plantsciences.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2021/10/Desired-pH-Range-List.pdf ). Accessed 2025. University of Tennessee Extension, Knoxville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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