Asimina triloba

Notes on paw paws and a recipe for paw paw chicha.

My earliest memories of encountering fruit growing wild are the Osage oranges (Maclura pomifera) and Paw Paws (Asimina triloba) that grew along the banks of Blacklick Creek, the string of nature that snaked its way across my Ohio hometown. I didn’t know what either were until decades later and I had to go back to some of these creeks just to confirm I d…