After reading about the American Paw-Paw several years ago, I decided I would just HAVE to grow some, seeing as it's a Mississippi Native! It's a beautiful tropical-looking undergrowth tree, prefering to grow in the shade of larger trees.
The fruit kinda looks like a mango, but is reported to taste like vanilla- banana custard. I can't wait to try one, because that sounds delicious! Here's a few webpages with pictures and some good info about the Pawpaw.
http://www.cdr3.com/pawpaw/
http://www.druidry.org/obod/trees/pawpaw.html
http://fogcity.blogs.com/jen/2005/08/pawpaw_a_local_.html
Woah! Pawpaw as a treatment for cancer?!
http://alternativecancer.us/pawpaw.htm
well THAT settles it! Pawpaw is DEFINITELY going in the garden!
And check out this cool article on the connection of the PawPaw and the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly:http://blueridgediscoveryproject.blogspot.com/2011/08/connections-pawpaw-tree-and-zebra.html
Another good reason to plant PawPaw! It's the only food source of this amazingly beautiful butterfly! (and an amazingly beautiful image too!--> )
