The article covers it rather well, if you get far enough in, I thought. This pawpaw is a fruit native to North America, and the name sharing is just coincidenc

The article covers it rather well, if you get far enough in, I thought. This pawpaw is a fruit native to North America, and the name sharing is just coincidence. Here's the Wikipedia page for it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba