[permaculture] paw paw seeds
Pat Meadows
pat at meadows.pair.com
Wed Oct 22 12:58:20 EDT 2008
On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:04:46 -0500, you wrote:
>This is pretty interesting. Do you eat them raw?
>Chew them or crack them or swallow them whole?
>
Papayas are called 'pawpaws' in Australia and other places. This may be
what was meant.
So far as I know, the fruit called 'pawpaw' in the USA, Asimina triloba, is
only found in this country, and just possibly in some parts of southern
Canada.
USA pawpaw:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawpaw
vs.
Australian (etc.) pawpaw:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya
Pat
-- northern Pennsylvania
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