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The equivlent in North America (in terms of being a once popular, now nearly forgotten fruit) is the Pawpaw: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba htt
by PLenz 6y ago
The equivlent in North America (in terms of being a once popular, now nearly forgotten fruit) is the Pawpaw: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba
- fennecfoxen 6y agoHmm. Some of us have heard of it via the original Disney animated Jungle Book, where it cameos in the song "Bear Necessities" (or is that "Bare Necessities?" Dual meaning and all that, forget which one is the canonical title.) Anyway, Phil Harris sings: "Now when you pick a pawpaw / or a prickly pear / and if you prick a raw paw / well then next time, beware! Don't pick a prickly pear by the paw / when you pick a pear, try to use the claw. But you don't need to use the paw / when you pick a pear from a big pawpaw. Have I given you a clue?" This may have placed me under the erroneous impression it was a tropical fruit.
- atdrummond 6y agoThere are (at least) three fruit known as the pawpaw: 1. Asimina (North American pawpaw) 2. Vasconcellea pubescens (Mountain pawpaw, South America) 3. Carica papaya (Papaya, Africa and Asia)
- goodcanadian 6y agoIndeed. When I see "paw-paw," the first thing I think of is papaya which is indeed a tropical fruit.
- ComputerGuru 6y agoBut I think the song makes it clear that’s not the pawpaw in question, right?
- selimthegrim 6y agoI believe papaya is "rude" itself for other reasons (Spanish slang connotations)
- barathr 6y agoOne issue with Pawpaw is that some varieties have high levels of acetogenins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annonacin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annonacin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetogenin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetogenin There are some low annonacin varieties: Sunflower, Wabash, Potomac, Zimmerman, and Wells.
- crazygringo 6y agoTo avoid confusion, the word "pawpaw" means very different things in different parts of the English-speaking world. Outside of North America, "pawpaw" usually means what Americans call papaya -- and in some countries (like New Zealand) both "papaya" and "pawpaw" are used to refer to different varieties of what Americans call papayas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paw_Paw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paw_Paw
- dukeofdoom 6y agoIts amazing that they can grow so far north. Its like tropical fruit plant that survived the ice age.