Asimina reticulata
Shuttlew. ex Chapman
Seminole tea, Netted pawpaw, Flag pawpaw
AnnonaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The pulp of the fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in moist sands in Florida in the USA. It grows from sea level to 100 m altitude.
North America, USA,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A shrub. It can grow to 2 m high. The leaves are narrow and succulent. The flowers are 5-8 cm wide. The fruit are oblong berries 4-7 cm across. They are yellow-green.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Asimina reticulata, the netted pawpaw, is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is endemic to Florida in the United States.
Notes
There are 7 or 8 Asimina species.
Names & Synonyms
Asimina cuneata Shuttleworth ex A. GrayPityothamnus reticulatus (Chapman) Small
References (2)
- Fl. South. U.S. ed. 2:603. 1883
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 91
