dwarf pawpaw Annonaceae Asimina parviflora

Leaf:Alternate, simple, obovate to oblong , 4 to 7 inches long, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches wide, light green.
Flower:Species is monoecious; purplish-brown, broad bell shaped, 6 petals, less than 1 inch across; appearing with leaves or slightly before.
Fruit:Short, fat, nearly round, green to yellow green, 1 inch long, fleshy pulp.
Twig:Moderately stout, dark brown; naked bud, purplish brown, fuzzy, flattened and often curved, terminal bud 1/4 inch long.
Bark:Smooth, gray-brown, with warty lenticels.
Form:Six to 8 foot shrub, never as tall as Asimina triloba.

leaf flower fruit twig bark form map

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