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| About the Author Grace.H melbourne 8th August 2015 9:21am #UserID: 12141 Posts: 1 View All Grace.H's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jakfruit etiquette says... I'm not quite sure what you are after. Most people are looking for papaya leaves, from the Carica papaya plant, which produces the papaya fruit commonly available in supermarkets etc. There is another tree commonly called pawpaw, or American pawpaw which produces another fruit altogether. I havent head of these leaves being used. It is related to Annona/custard apples, and their leaves are used medicinally. Papaya and pawpaw are both used for the Carica fruit in Australia. Can you please clear up which leaves you need. | About the Author jakfruit etiquette vic 8th August 2015 10:00am #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Asa says... Hi, I am sorry to hear about your dad. You are correct that American pawpaw (Asimina) shows quite extraordinary cancer-fighting powers, but my understanding was that only the ripe fruit provided the necessary chemicals. (Do you have info to the contrary?) Since this fruit only ripens on the tree, and goes bad very quickly thereafter, you kind of have to have a tree in order to enjoy ripe fruit. I suspect that in the Southern hemisphere, American pawpaw would ripen around February or March. Best of luck - Asa | About the Author Asa Chicago 9th August 2015 6:40am #UserID: 12146 Posts: 2 View All Asa's Edible Fruit Trees |
Asa says... My mistake -- the ripe fruit is the one part of the plant that does *not* contain the cancer-fighting agents! So, who near Melbourne has an American pawpaw? I would mail some leaves from overseas, but I doubt they'd make it through customs... Some decent options are here: http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xasimina+pawpaw.TRS0&_nkw=asimina+pawpaw&_sacat=0 | About the Author Asa Chicago 9th August 2015 6:50am #UserID: 12146 Posts: 2 View All Asa's Edible Fruit Trees |