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Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds

From: Pat Meadows <pat@meadows.pair.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:58:20 -0400

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
Website: www.meadows.pair.com/articleindex.html

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Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds, Jordan Fink, 10/17/2008
- Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds, Paul d'Aoust, 10/20/2008
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    - Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds, Robert Waldrop, 10/21/2008
      - Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds, Hannah Roessler, 10/21/2008
        
        Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds, Paul Kosuth, 10/21/2008
      - Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds, Pat Meadows, 10/22/2008
        
        Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds, Douglas Woodard, 10/22/2008
      - Re: [permaculture] paw paw seeds, Scott Pittman, 10/23/2008