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We need scientific names - as a non-American that's not what I know as a pawpaw.
by archsurface 3y ago
We need scientific names - as a non-American that's not what I know as a pawpaw.
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- pvaldes 3y agoShort resume: Annonaceae. Family of the Cherimoya. Comprises also the Ylang-Ylang (fragrance) and also a lot of other tropical fruits. Most of them recognizable easily by having a skin sculpted with "scaly" marks, or thorns like a pineapple: Sugar apple, soursop, sweetsop, Atemoya, also a genus in temperate areas, Asimina. - Asimina genus: Comprises several US natives of fruit trees. Asimina triloba (Paw paw), is the most famous and looks just like a smooth potato. no scales here. Caricaceae. Family of the Papaya. Trees with leaves arranged around a soft trunk like a palm, fruits with soft skin, shaped like a fig or a pumpkin. Comprises: - Carica (Papaya/PawPaw, babaco) tropical, huge fruits - Vasconcellea (Mountain papaya, banano de monte) more hard, small fruits