Have you ever heard of the pawpaw tree or its fruit? No? Well, same, until today. The pawpaw tree is native to Ohio and is in ...

Pawpaw root-suckers freely and can form small colonies of trees. The pawpaw tree grows to a pyramidal form in full sun. The fruit does have a flavor somewhat like a banana, although others have ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The pawpaw tree, which bears the largest fruit native to North America, may bear new fruit for scientists seeking ways to fight cancer. Purdue University researcher Jerry ...

There is a Midwest fruit as sweet as bananas and as fragrant as papayas. If you guessed “pawpaw,” you are correct!