Common Name: 
Pawpaw, Custard Apple

A genus of 10 or so species of evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees.  Leaves alternate, simple, relatively large.  Flowers axillary, solitary or few, nodding, on short stalks.  Fruit one or a few oval to oblong berries with large seeds in 1 or 2 ranks.  Native to North America, most species found in southern regions, especially Florida.
Asimina: a Latinize version of a French form of a Native American name.

Pronunciation: 
a-SIM-i-na
Family: 
Annonaceae