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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=W1
|label=
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Annona triloba
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 537. 1753
}}
|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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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, 1.5-11(-14) m; trunks slender, to 20(-30) cm diam.; bark shallowly furrowed in larger trees. <b>Branches</b> spreading-ascending, slender; new shoots moderately to copiously brown-hairy apically, aging glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 5-10 mm. <b>Leaf</b> blade oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, 15-30 cm, membranous, base narrowly cuneate, margins scarcely or not revolute, apex acute to acuminate; surfaces abaxially densely hairy, later sparsely so on veins, adaxially sparsely appressed-pubescent on veins, becoming glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> from previous year's shoots before or during new leaf emergence; peduncle nodding, (1-)1.5-2(-2.5) cm, densely hairy, hairs dark brown to red-brown; bracteoles 1-2, basal, usually ovate-triangular, rarely over 2-3 mm, hairy. <b>Flowers</b> maroon, fetid, 2-4(-5) cm diam.; sepals triangular-deltate, 8-12 mm, abaxially densely pilose; outer petals excurved, oblong-elliptic, 1.5-2.5 cm, abaxially puberulent on veins; 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; pistils 3-7(-12). <b>Berries</b> yellow-green, 5-15 cm. <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; <i>Asimina</i> 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
|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=W1;Endemic;Illustrated
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|genus=Asimina
|species=Asimina triloba
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