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["Ron Powell, PhD" <Botrytis@fuse.net>]

NAFEX List,

The NAPGA and the OPGA now refer to Asimina triloba as the North American 
pawpaw to distinguish it from the papaya, commonly known as the "pawpaw."

Ron


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michele Stanton" <6ducks@gmail.com>
To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pawpaws are not dioecious/ yes they are and here's why


> 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-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [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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