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פאו פאו (Asimina triloba) הוא עץ פרי נשיר ממשפחת האנונות גובה העץ 4-8 מטר הפרחים בגודל 3-5 ס"מ ובצבע סגול עד חום ובריח בשר רקוב הפריחה באביב האבקה מתבצעת על ידי זבובים בפירות מבשילים בקיץ הקליפה ירוקה ובשר הפרי כתום צהוב, והוא מחולק לאונות שבכל אונה יש זרעים שצבעם חום.[1][2]
בטבע הפרי נאכל ע"י מגוון של יונקים, כמו [[דביבונ]]ים, [[שועלים אפורים]], [[אופוסומיים]], [[סנאיים]], [[דובים שחורים]]. [3]
{{two other uses|the common pawpaw of eastern North America|the unrelated tropical papaya fruit often called 'papaw' or 'pawpaw'|Carica papaya||Paw Paw (disambiguation)}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Asimina triloba''
| image = Asimina_triloba3.jpg
| image_caption = ''Asimina triloba'' in fruit
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperm]]s
| unranked_classis = [[Magnoliid]]s
| ordo = [[Magnoliales]]
| familia = [[Annonaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Asimina]]''
| species = '''''A. triloba'''''
| binomial = ''Asimina triloba''
| binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Michel Félix Dunal|Dunal]]
| range_map = Asimina triloba range map 1.png
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Asimina triloba''
}}
'''''Asimina triloba''''', the '''pawpaw''', '''paw paw''', '''paw-paw''', or '''common pawpaw''', is a species of ''[[Asimina]]'' (the pawpaw genus) in the same plant family (the [[Annonaceae]]) as the [[custard-apple]], [[cherimoya]], [[Sugar-apple|sweetsop]], [[ylang-ylang]] and [[soursop]]. The pawpaw is native to the Eastern, Southern, and Midwestern [[United States]] and ססס[[Ontario]], [[Canada]], from [[New York]] west to southeastern [[Nebraska]], and south to northern [[Florida]] and eastern [[Texas]].<ref name="FNA A. triloba">{{cite book |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220001231|author=Robert Kral |series=[[Flora of North America]] |volume=3 |title=Magnoliophyta: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae |chapter=Annonaceae |editor=Flora of North America Editorial Committee |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1997 |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-19-511246-7}}</ref><ref name="KSU">{{cite web|title=Pawpaw Description and Nutritional Information|url=http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/cooking.htm|accessdate=14 July 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110719225834/http://www.pawpaw.kysu.edu/pawpaw/cooking.htm| archivedate= 19 July 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> The pawpaw is a [[cloning|patch-forming (clonal)]] [[understory]] tree found in well-drained, deep, fertile bottom-land and hilly upland habitat, with large, simple leaves and large fruits. The paw paw is the largest edible [[fruit]] [[Indigenous (ecology)|indigenous]] to the United States.<ref name="KSU"/>
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