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["Michele Stanton" <6ducks@gmail.com>]

The pawpaw dioecious thing---  here is where common names make such messes.
The papaya, Papaya carica to be specific, is known in many places as a
pawpaw.  This plant is dioecious. If you google pawpaw many of the sites you
pull up will be talking about this plant, which is actually an herbaceous
perennial.

Asimina triloba, referred to in the Midwest as a pawpaw, has flowers that
are perfect--although it does require cross pollination.

Michele in SW Ohio

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:22 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pawpaws are not dioecious.

This is what I get for trusting what I read on the internet, countless
sites list pawpaw as dioecious.  C'est la vie.

All of my pawpaws are from the same seedling stock that I got from
John Gordon called PA Golden.  So you are suggesting that since I get
fruit that my seedlings are not all from the same parent?

~mIEKAL



On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:13 PM,  <Jwlehman@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 8/16/2011 10:41:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> qazingulaza@gmail.com writes:
>
>> I'm by no means a pawpaw expert, but my understanding is that
>> they are dioescious, meaning the male &female flowers are on separate
>> trees.
>
> Hello ~mIEKAL,
>
> Pawpaws are not dioecious Each flower has male and female parts. However
in
> each flower the anthers release pollen after the receptive period of the
> stigma is completed. Also generally the egg and pollen on the same tree
are
> not compatible. Two genetically different trees are needed for successful
> pollination.
>
> Jerry
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