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|accepted_name=Asimina triloba
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Dunal
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Monogr. Anonac.,
|place=83. 1817
|year=1817
}}
|common_names=Pawpaw;dog-banana;Indian-banana;aciminier
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Annona triloba
|authority=Linnaeus
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Annonaceae;Asimina;Asimina triloba
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Annonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Asimina]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Asimina triloba]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="shrub atypical some measurement;shrub some measurement;tree atypical some measurement;tree some measurement"><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, 1.5-11 (-14) m;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="trunk size;trunk diameter;trunk diameter">trunks slender, to 20 (-30) cm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="bark architecture">bark shallowly furrowed in larger trees.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="branch orientation;branch size"><b>Branches </b>spreading-ascending, slender;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="shoot life cycle;shoot pubescence;shoot life cycle;shoot pubescence">new shoots moderately to copiously brown-hairy apically, aging glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="petiole some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 5-10 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade-leaf shape;blade-leaf shape;blade-leaf shape;blade-leaf distance;blade-leaf texture;base shape;margin shape or vernation;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, 15-30 cm, membranous, base narrowly cuneate, margins scarcely or not revolute, apex acute to acuminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface condition;surface pubescence;surface pubescence">surfaces abaxially densely hairy, later sparsely so on veins, adaxially sparsely appressed-pubescent on veins, becoming glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="leaf life cycle"><b>Inflorescences </b>from previous years shoots before or during new leaf emergence;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="peduncle orientation;peduncle atypical some measurement;peduncle atypical some measurement;peduncle some measurement;peduncle pubescence;hair coloration;hair coloration;hair coloration">peduncle nodding, (1-) 1.5-2 (-2.5) cm, densely hairy, hairs dark-brown to redbrown;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="bracteole quantity;bracteole position;bracteole shape;bracteole pubescence">bracteoles 1-2, basal, usually ovate-triangular, rarely over 2-3 mm, hairy.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower coloration;flower odor;flower diameter;flower diameter"><b>Flowers </b>maroon, fetid, 2-4 (-5) cm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="sepal shape;sepal some measurement;sepal pubescence">sepals triangular-deltate, 8-12 mm, abaxially densely pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="outer petal shape;outer petal shape;outer petal some measurement;outer petal pubescence">outer petals excurved, oblongelliptic, 1.5-2.5 cm, abaxially puberulent on veins;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="inner petal arrangement or shape;inner petal length;base architecture or shape;apex orientation;surface pubescence;vein prominence;nectary zone arrangement or relief;nectary zone fusion">inner petals elliptic, 1/3-1/2 length of outer petals, base saccate, apex recurved, surfaces abaxially glabrate, veins impressed adaxially, corrugate nectary zone distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="pistil atypical quantity;pistil quantity">pistils 3-7 (-12).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="berry coloration;berry some measurement"><b>Berries </b>yellow-green, 5-15 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed coloration;seed coloration;seed coloration;seed some measurement"><b>Seeds </b>brown to chestnut-brown, 1.5-2.5 cm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early spring.
|habitat=Mesic woods, often alluvial sites, fencerows
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>A. pendula Salisbury; Asimina glabra Horta ex C. Koch; Orchidocarpum arietinum Michaux; Porcelia triloba (Linnaeus) Persoon; Uvaria triloba (Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Asimina triloba
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Dunal
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Annona triloba
|family=Annonaceae
|phenology=Flowering early spring.
|habitat=Mesic woods, often alluvial sites, fencerows
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Monogr. Anonac.,
|publication year=1817
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated;Weedy
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V3/V3_864.xml
|genus=Asimina
|species=Asimina triloba
|apex orientation=recurved
|apex shape=acute;acuminate
|bark architecture=furrowed
|base architecture or shape=saccate
|base shape=cuneate
|berry coloration=yellow-green
|berry some measurement=5cm;15cm
|blade-leaf distance=15cm;30cm
|blade-leaf shape=oblong-obovate;oblanceolate
|blade-leaf texture=membranous
|bracteole position=basal
|bracteole pubescence=hairy
|bracteole quantity=1;2
|bracteole shape=ovate-triangular
|branch orientation=spreading-ascending
|branch size=slender
|flower coloration=maroon
|flower diameter=2cm;4cm
|flower odor=fetid
|hair coloration=dark-brown;redbrown
|inner petal arrangement or shape=elliptic
|inner petal length=1/3 length of outer petals;1/2 length of outer petals
|leaf life cycle=new
|margin shape or vernation=not revolute
|nectary zone arrangement or relief=corrugate
|nectary zone fusion=distinct
|outer petal pubescence=puberulent
|outer petal shape=oblongelliptic;excurved
|outer petal some measurement=1.5cm;2.5cm
|peduncle atypical some measurement=2cm;2.5cm
|peduncle orientation=nodding
|peduncle pubescence=hairy
|peduncle some measurement=1.5cm;2cm
|petiole some measurement=5mm;10mm
|pistil atypical quantity=7;12
|pistil quantity=3;7
|seed coloration=brown;chestnut-brown
|seed some measurement=1.5cm;2.5cm
|sepal pubescence=pilose
|sepal shape=triangular-deltate
|sepal some measurement=8mm;12mm
|shoot life cycle=aging;new
|shoot pubescence=glabrous;brown-hairy
|shrub atypical some measurement=11m;14m
|shrub some measurement=1.5m;11m
|surface condition=later
|surface pubescence=glabrate;glabrous;appressed-pubescent;hairy
|tree atypical some measurement=11m;14m
|tree some measurement=1.5m;11m
|trunk diameter=0cm;20cm
|trunk size=slender
|vein prominence=impressed
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