Common Name:

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Asimina triloba

Family:

Annonaceae

Form:

Size:

15-20 ft, may be clonal

Life Span:

Flower Color:

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Noted For:

Recommended Uses:

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Light:

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Stays Wet ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Loam, Sand

Soil pH:

Suitable to Grow In:

8A, 8B, 9A, 9B

Wildlife:

Native Habitats:

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

Natural Range in Florida:

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Ethnobotany:

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.

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