Flag Pawpaw Fruit plant (Asimina Obovate) Plant Type:seedling Plant It starts green when unripe

It starts green when unripe and matures to yellow

spiked melon

Health Benefits: Eugenia species used in folk medicine

Vitamins: Like its relative

and it also produces latex that has been exported in the past as a source of rubber

Flag Pawpaw Fruit plant (Asimina Obovate) Plant Type:seedling Plant It starts green when unripeFlag Pawpaw (Asimina Obovata): Common Name: Flag Pawpaw, Big flower Pawpaw, Scrub Pawpaw, Papaw Botanical Name: Asimina Obovata General Information: Shrub or small tree in the custard apple family. Native to Florida, found in open sandy hammocks and dry woods. Showy white flowers in late winter to early summer. Large green edible fruit follows the flowers. Fruit is sweet and custard like, suitable for baking, pie filling, or eating raw. Fruits fall