Asimina triloba

(Linnaeus) Dunal

Monogr. Anonac., 83. 1817.

Common names: Pawpaw dog-banana Indian-banana aciminier
EndemicIllustrated
Basionym: Annona triloba Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 537. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Shrubs or trees, 1.5-11 (-14) m; trunks slender, to 20 (-30) cm diam.; bark shallowly furrowed in larger trees. Branches spreading-ascending, slender; new shoots moderately to copiously brown-hairy apically, aging glabrous. Leaves: petiole 5-10 mm. Leaf-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. Inflorescences from previous years shoots before or during new leaf emergence; peduncle nodding, (1-) 1.5-2 (-2.5) cm, densely hairy, hairs dark-brown to redbrown; bracteoles 1-2, basal, usually ovate-triangular, rarely over 2-3 mm, hairy. Flowers maroon, fetid, 2-4 (-5) cm diam.; sepals triangular-deltate, 8-12 mm, abaxially densely pilose; outer petals excurved, oblongelliptic, 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). Berries yellow-green, 5-15 cm. Seeds brown to chestnut-brown, 1.5-2.5 cm.


Phenology: Flowering early spring.
Habitat: Mesic woods, often alluvial sites, fencerows
Elevation: 0-1500 m

Distribution

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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

A. pendula Salisbury; Asimina glabra Horta ex C. Koch; Orchidocarpum arietinum Michaux; Porcelia triloba (Linnaeus) Persoon; Uvaria triloba (Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Asimina triloba"
acute;acuminate +
Robert Kral +
(Linnaeus) Dunal +
aromatic +
thickened-corrugate +
cuneate +
Annona triloba +
yellow-green +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
oblong-obovate;oblanceolate +
ovate-triangular +
spreading-ascending +
slender +
Pawpaw +, dog-banana +, Indian-banana +  and aciminier +
blunt +  and nearly spheric or cuboid +
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. +  and W.Va. +
0-1500 m +
pedunculate +  and few-flowered +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
nodding;nearly erect +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
enlarged +
oblong-cylindric +
coalescent +  and distinct +
Mesic woods, often alluvial sites, fencerows +
dark-brown +  and redbrown +
glabrous;variously hairy +
leathery +  and membranous +
petiolate +  and simple +
deciduous +
aromatic +
flat-topped +
oblongelliptic;excurved +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
bracteolate +  and bracteate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
6 +  and 12 +
unequal +  and larger +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering early spring. +
sessile +  and stipitate +
3 +  and 7 +
septate;diaphragmed +
Monogr. Anonac., +
swollen;convex;more or less globose or elongate +
brown;chestnut-brown +
3 +  and many +
compressed +  and bean--shaped +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
imbricate +  and valvate +
deciduous +
distinct +
triangular-deltate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +  and 1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +
aging +  and new +
glabrous +  and brown-hairy +
sparse;copious +
W1 +, Endemic +  and Illustrated +
hypogynous +
short-columnar +
glabrate +, glabrous +, appressed-pubescent +  and hairy +
Orchidocarpum +, Pityothamnus +  and Uvaria +
Asimina triloba +
species +
straight +
slender +
1,100 cm11,000 mm <br />11 m <br /> (1,400 cm14,000 mm <br />14 m <br />) +
evergreen +  and deciduous +
tree +  and shrub +
unequal +
thickened-corrugate +