Asimina triloba

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ANNONACEAE
Species:Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
Common Name:Common Pawpaw; Indian Banana
Habitat:Colonial small tree or shrub of mesic woodlands and bottomland forests.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Tree
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:ASTR
Plant Notes:Common Pawpaw is a native deciduous shrub or small tree in the Custard-Apple family (Annonaceae). It is found primarily in the northern two-thirds of Alabama. Common Pawpaw occurs along streams and rivers, in hardwood bottomland forests, and in mesic woodlands. It is a thicket forming shrub from root sprouts. Stems are from 3- 30 feet in height. The young shoots are hairy with dark-brown hairs. The bark on older trunks is smooth and gray in color. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, oblong to oblanceolate in outline, with entire margins. Leaves are pubescent when young, becoming glabrous or pubescent only along the veins on the lower surface with age. The leaves turn yellowish-green before falling in the autumn. Flowers are produced before the leaves. The flowers are solitary and nodding on stalks ¼ to ¾ of an inch long. The flowers have 3 or 4 triangular sepals and 3-4 petals in 2 unequal whorls. The outer petals have recurved tips. The inner petals are ½ to 2/3’s the length of the outer petals. There are numerous stamens. The flowers are dark maroon or purple-brown in color and have an unpleasant odor. The fruit is an oblong-cylindrical berry with many large chestnut-brown bean-like seed. Common Pawpaw fruit are readily consumed by a variety of wildlife. When the fruit are ripe, they become yellowish in color and the flesh has the consistency of an over-ripe banana. The fruit taste something like a combination of banana and strawberry. Common Pawpaw is cultivated as a fruit tree in home orchards, but the fruit are too delicate to allow for mass commercial production. Common Pawpaw is available from nurseries which specialize in wildlife plants, and from some fruit tree companies. Two different genetic varieties should be planted to insure fruit production.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyANNONACEAE - Custard-Apple family
Genus Asimina
Species Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal - Common Pawpaw; Indian Banana

Citation

Citation ASIMINA TRILOBA (Linnaeus) Dunal, Monogr. Anonac. 83. 1817.
Basionym: Annona triloba Linnaeus 1753.
Type: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data (lectotype: Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2: t. 85. 1743). Lectotypified by Dandy, Sloane Herb. 112. 1958.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Annona pendula Annona pendula Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 380. 1796, nom. illegit.BASIONYM: Annona triloba Linnaeus 1753. 
Annona triloba Annona triloba Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 537. 1753. TYPE: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data (lectotype: Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2: t. 85. 1743). Lectotypified by Dandy, Sloane Herb. 112. 1958.
Asimina campaniflora Asimina campaniflora Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 528. 1838.  
Asimina glabra Asimina glabra K. Koch, Dendrologie 1: 384. 1869.  
Orchidocarpum arietinum Orchidocarpum arietinum Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 329. 1803, nom. illegit.BASIONYM: Annona triloba Linnaeus 1753. 
Porcelia triloba Porcelia triloba (Linnaeus) Persoon, Syn. Pl. 2: 95. 1806.BASIONYM: Annona triloba Linnaeus 1753. 
Uvaria triloba Uvaria triloba (Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 45. 1838.BASIONYM: Annona triloba Linnaeus 1753. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Coosa, Crenshaw, Dallas, Etowah, Franklin, Greene, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UNAF, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
TROY000000911 Montgomery 26 Mar 2002 Alvin R. Diamond
12986		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00024111 Bibb 16 Apr 1985 Robert Burckhalter
327		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
AMAL00004009 Lawrence 20 Apr 1982 Vickie Sell
5		 AMAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117244 Jackson 26 May 1999 K. R. Brodeur
1915		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AMAL00005645 Chilton 10 May 1999 R. Kral
88267		 AMAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117233 Calhoun 30 Jul 1986 C. L. Lawler
898		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
TROY000014540 Crenshaw 27 Jul 2008 Alvin R. Diamond
19626		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNAF0000287 Lauderdale 20 Oct 1989 Hardy, Dawn
s.n.		 UNAF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0000115 Marengo 26 Mar 2009 England, J. Kevin
1747		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
JSU117256 Randolph 1 Jul 1986 C. F. Nixon
2471		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117231 Calhoun 18 Jun 1969 Howard S. Mostowski
s.n.		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00056146 Houston 9 Sep 1998 John R. MacDonald
11948		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
UWAL0014921 Bullock 26 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
0594		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
TROY000028681 Marengo 26 Mar 2009 J. Kevin England
1747		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00024113 Winston 3 Jul 1949 C. B. Segars
37		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
JSU142740 Calhoun 20 Jul 1982 R. D. Whetstone
11494		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0031427 Colbert 30 Mar 2016 England, J. Kevin
6065		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028034 Tallapoosa 7 MAY 1966 SEARCY, JAMES W.
 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU117238 Cherokee 5 Oct 1968 K. E. Landers
s.n.		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
TROY000013971 Tallapoosa 18 Apr 2006 Terry Wayne Barger
96		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117251 Marshall 30 Jul 1992 D. D. Spaulding
1577		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNAF0000290 Marion 23 Jun 1991 Stone, Adina
s.n.		 UNAF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
TROY000013968 Chilton 10 May 1999 Robert Kral
88267		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0000117 Sumter 15 Mar 2006 Skinner, Angie
0036		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
UWAL0031584 Lawrence 16 May 2013 England, J. Kevin
4262		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
SAMF0000164 Jefferson 01 Jul 1948 McCullough, H. A.
48-60		 SAMF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
TROY000035998 Limestone 28 Mar 2012 Brian R. Keener
7024		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028020 Chilton 14 APR 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15156		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU144254 Cleburne 17 May 1968 K. E. Landers
s.n.		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00058672 Lawrence 17 Apr 2005 Brian R. Keener
2630		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
AMAL00005648 Tallapoosa 11 May 1999 R.Kral
88319		 AMAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117229 Bibb 1 Apr 1999 K. R. Brodeur
1643		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028021 Choctaw 15 JUN 1981 HENDERSON, T.
185		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU117257 Shelby 4 Apr 1993 R. D. Whetstone
16235		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
TROY000013969 Chilton 14 Apr 2005 Alvin R. Diamond
15156		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028025 Jefferson 23 JUN 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
1620		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
UWAL0009850 Limestone 28 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7024		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
USAM000001078 Lauderdale 27 Aug 1969 Robert Kral
36400		 USAM
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
SAMF0000162 Bibb 07 Apr 2009 Davenport, L. J.
3919		 SAMF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117237 Calhoun 28 Mar 1956 Bill Burditte
s.n.		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028030 Montgomery 21 MAR 1997 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
10909		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU117247 Lee 30 Mar 1968 Dickie Brown
s.n.		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00024109 Greene 22 Jul 1967 Joab L. Thomas
T 1127		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
JSU117249 Limestone 21 Apr 1997 T. L. Hofmann
00424		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AMAL00011885 Lawrence 17 Apr 2005 Brian R. Keener
2630		 AMAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117240 Clay 18 Apr 1980 R. D. Whetstone
9859		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00024115 Lamar 17 Jun 1950 C. B. Segars
368		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
SAMF0000161 Shelby 27 Jul 1989 Davenport, L. J.
2691		 SAMF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117243 Etowah 26 Mar 1982 R. D. Whetstone
10817		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
TROY000014415 Pike 12 May 2008 Alvin R. Diamond
19248		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028032 Shelby 10 JUN 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
1562		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU117239 Cherokee 5 Oct 1968 K. E. Landers
s.n.		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00054294 Blount 11 Jul 1998 Brian R. Keener
1225		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
TROY000045788 Autauga 04 Apr 2017 Matthew R. Parker
527		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU145259 Cleburne 02 Jun 1993 F. Hutchinson
1685		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028018 Barbour 7 JUN 2002 GIL, GLENDA
2001-216		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
UWAL0034673 Lowndes 04 Oct 1994 Kral, R.
84278		 UWAL
Asmiina triloba (L.) Dunal
TROY000037768 Coosa 30 May 2013 Alvin R. Diamond
24132		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00024110 Greene 22 Jul 1967 Joab L. Thomas
T 1114		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
SAMF0000163 Jefferson s.d. McCullough, H. A.
s.n.		 SAMF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117248 Limestone 1 Mar 1997 T. L. Hofmann
00269		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028024 Crenshaw 14 JUL 1998 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
11324		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU117254 Morgan 11 Aug 1975 R. D. Whetstone
6145		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00058723 St. Clair 29 Mar 2003 Brian R. Keener
2508		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
AMAL00005647 Madison 27 July 1996 S.J. Threlkeld
764		 AMAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117236 Calhoun 5 Aug 1982 R. D. Whetstone
11872		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
TROY000014416 Butler 18 May 2008 Alvin R. Diamond
19276		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000027958 Dallas 24 MAR 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
820		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU117245 Jackson 19 Apr 1999 K. R. Brodeur
1700		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028033 Tallapoosa 25 JUN 1974 HUTTO, T. A.
383		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU117232 Calhoun 19 May 1986 C. L. Lawler
505		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0017128 Colbert 05 Apr 2014 England, J. Kevin
4776		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0000114 Lawrence 12 Apr 2008 England, J. Kevin
1932		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
JSU117230 Blount 11 Jul 1998 Brian R. Keener
1225		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028031 Pike 30 JUN 1989 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
5928		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU117235 Calhoun 17 Jun 1969 Donny Sizemore
s.n.		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00024106 Winston 8 Apr 1967 Joab L. Thomas
951		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
TROY000031849 Wilcox 20 May 2010 Alvin R. Diamond
21330		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AMAL00007562 St. Clair 29 Mar 2003 Brian R. Keener
2508		 AMAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117253 Morgan 19 May 1996 R. D. Whetstone
17629		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00024116 Lawrence 22 Aug 1949 C. B. Segars
181		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
UWAL0014638 Coosa 30 May 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24132		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00024108 Winston 8 Apr 1978 Robert R. Haynes
6411		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
SAMF0002940 Limestone 28 Mar 2012 Davenport, L. J.
5016		 SAMF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117241 Etowah 28 May 1994 L. M. Hodge
1492		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117234 Calhoun 30 Jul 1986 C. L. Lawler
898		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028023 Cleburne 11 OCT 1956 ADAMS, W. H.
 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
UNAF0000288 Lauderdale 20 Sep 1984 Oliver, Anne
s.n.		 UNAF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0000118 Sumter 02 Oct 1993 Stanton, Lee
B-010		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
JSU117242 Etowah 22 Mar 1984 C. F. Nixon
620		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117258 Talladega 13 Oct 1992 J. M. Ballard
744		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00024114 Russell 24 Jun 1950 Lloyd C. Crawford
1277		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
UNAF0000284 Lauderdale 12 Jun 1980 Bailey, Alvin
s.n.		 UNAF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
TROY000013970 St. Clair 29 Mar 2003 Brian R. Keener
2508		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0032626 Franklin 12 Jun 2016 England, J. Kevin
6566		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00031234 _ May _ Charles Mohr
s.n.		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
UWAL0032672 Marion 28 May 2016 England, J. Kevin
6451		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028027 Lauderdale 10 MAY 1969 ROBERSON, B. J.
154		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
TROY000037610 Bullock 26 Apr 2012 Bailee Dykes
594		 TROY
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0033533 Lawrence 10 Jun 2007 England, J. Kevin
0630		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117252 Marshall 27 Oct 1991 D. D. Spaulding
1057		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028029 Lowndes 18 APR 2003 VALENTE, M. J.
39		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
UNAF0000289 Lauderdale 12 May 1997 Pate, Alan
17		 UNAF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0032266 Morgan 03 Apr 2016 England, J. Kevin
6067		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0000116 Marengo 15 Oct 2006 Reynolds, R. Brock
0040		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
JSU117246 Jefferson 31 Jul 1985 J. P. Barber
1644		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AMAL00017368 Lauderdale 13 Aug 2009 Brian D. Holt
154		 AMAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNAF0000286 Lauderdale 20 Oct 1989 den Boer, John H.
s.n.		 UNAF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028028 Lee 14 MAY 1949 CUNNINGHAM, HUGH B.
 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU143221 Calhoun 17 Jun 1969 Jessica Tuder
s.n.		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0032368 Franklin 14 Apr 2016 England, J. Kevin
6215		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028019 Calhoun 16 APR 1968 O'NEAL, JUDY
 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
UWAL0019085 Franklin 14 Apr 1998 Kral, R.
87294		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (L.) Don
UNA00028717 Colbert 9 Apr 1988 Robert R. Haynes
9305		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
SAMF0006590 Clay 22 Jun 2016 Davenport, L.J.
6413		 SAMF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0032595 Morgan 05 Jun 2016 England, J. Kevin
6534		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117250 Madison 11 May 1996 D. D. Spaulding
8265		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028026 Dallas 24 MAY 2010 BARGER, T. WAYNE
OC200		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
UNAF0000283 Franklin 02 Nov 1984 Parker, Sherry
s.n.		 UNAF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0019918 Morgan 22 Aug 2015 England, J. Kevin
5645		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117255 Randolph 29 May 1985 C. F. Nixon
1111		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
JSU117259 Talladega 22 Apr 1995 J. M. Ballard
5450		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00058845 Tallapoosa 11 May 1999 R. Kral
88319		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
UNAF0000285 Lauderdale 13 Jun 1980 Daly, Robert
s.n.		 UNAF
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
AUA000028022 Choctaw 21 MAR 1994 CROUCH, VIRGINIA E.
828		 AUA
ASIMINA TRILOBA (L.) DUNAL
JSU142739 Cleburne 03 Apr 1969 Jan Cofield
s.n.		 JSU
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UWAL0036446 Marshall 13 Aug 2017 England, J. Kevin
8424		 UWAL
Asimina triloba (Linnaeus) Dunal
UNA00023852 Lawrence 26 Jun 1989 Dennis Harding
s.n.		 UNA
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
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