FNPS Plant Database
Asimina incana
Nomenclature
Common Name:
Synonym(s):
Genus species:
Family:
Annonaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Considerations:
Availability:
Propagation:
Light:
Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Not wet but not extremely dry -to- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
8B,9A
USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.

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Ecology
Wildlife:
The flowers produce an odor similar to rotting meat to attract blowflies or carrion beetles for cross pollination.
Larval host for zebra swallowtail ( Eurytides marcellus ) and pawpaw sphinx ( Dolba hyloeus ).
Small mammals and birds harvest the fruit.
Native Habitats:
Natural Range in Florida:
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Comments:
Ethnobotany:
General Comments:
Citations:
Minno, Marc and Maria Minno. 1999. Florida Butterfly Gardening. University Press of Florida.
Tras, Pamela. 2001. Gardening for Florida's butterflies. Great Outdoors Publishing, St. Petersburg, FL.
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
