permaculture

[christopher nesbitt <christopher.nesbitt@mmrfbz.org>]

Scott,

I think there are more than one species with the common name "paw  
paw". Th one in the tropics is Carica papaya, while the one being  
discussed here (I think) is Asimina triloba. I eat papaya seeds for  
intestinal parasites, and feed them to my chickens.

Interestingly, Asimina triloba is in the Annonaceae family, most of  
which are tropical. We have 8 different species of annonaceae here. I  
know that many f the annonas have toxic properties in their seed. I  
had no idea there was a temperate annona!

Christopher





On Oct 21, 2008, at 10:26 AM, Scott Pittman wrote:

> When I am in the tropics I eat a few paw-paw seeds to kill intestinal
> parasites that I may pick up - particularly worms.  I eat four or  
> five a day
> and have never suffered any ill effects.
>
> Scott Pittman
> Director
> Permaculture Institute
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Paul  
> d'Aoust
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 4:25 PM
> To: permaculture
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds
>
> Further to what Jordan says, PFAF says the seeds contain toxic
> alcaloids, and are emetic (i.e., make you barf):
>
> http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Asimina+triloba
>
> El vie, 17-10-2008 a las 16:53 -0700, Jordan Fink escribió:
> > I would say "NO"
> > paw paws are already slightly carcinogenic, and their seeds are very
> > poisonous from what ive read.
> >
> > -j
> >
> >
> > > Can I eat the seeds of the paw paws now that the fruit stage has  
> > > gone
> > > by (which I missed..) I am able to pick up some of the dried up pods
> > > with seeds. Are they ok to eat?
> > >
> > > Paul K..southern Illinois
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