Plants and Fruits
- Asimina, the pawpaw genus, which includes various species of trees and shrubs native to eastern North America, including A. triloba
- Asimina triloba, a temperate tree with edible fruit, native to eastern North America
- Papaya or pawpaw or papaw (Carica papaya), a tropical fruit tree native to the Americas, and introduced in Australia, where it is called "pawpaw"
- Mountain papaya (Vasconcellea pubescens) or mountain paw paw, a fruit tree native to South America
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