Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal

Family: Annonaceae

origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Annona triloba L., Anona triloba, Asimina triloba Dunal., Orchidocarpum arietinum Michx., Porcelia triloba (L.) Pers.), Uvaria triloba (L.) Torr. & A. Gray

Common names:

American custard-apple (1892-1898) (6, 49)

American papaw [American pawpaw] (1911-1929) (95, 157)

Asiminier [Assiminier] (1828-1900, French) (6, 7, 20, 49, 158)

Assimnier à trois lobes (1785, French) (8)

Common papaw [Common pawpaw] (1895-1942) (2, 63, 82, 155, 156)

Custard-apple [Custard apple] (1785-1929) (5, 7, 8, 19, 35, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Dreilappige (1892, German) (6)

False banana (1900-1929) (5, 156, 157, 158)

Festid-shrub (1929) (157)

Fetidshrub [Fetid shrub, Fetid-shrub] (1900-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Hiηdse hiu (1918?-1970?, Osage) (121)

Hiηdse waxtha (1918?-1970?, Osage) (121)

North American papaw (1900-1937) (5, 97, 156, 158)

Papaw [Pawpaw, Paw-paw] (1805-Present, William Clark) (3, 6, 10, 18, 19, 25, 34, 35, 48, 49, 50, 65, 72, 109, 122, 158)

Pennsylvania triple-fruit papaw [Pennsylvanian triple-fruited papaw] (1785) (8)

Popaw (1821) (12)

Tozon hi (1918?-1970?, Osage, possibly meaning potato wood tree) (121)

Trifid-fruit custard-apple [Trifid-fruited custard apple] (1807) (165)

Wild banana (1923) (156)

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