[sjsanc]

In South Africa we refer to the papaya as pawpaw, I'm in England now, and here they just say papaya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya. This article mentions papaya as a separate fruit. Is there something missing?

[zdragnar]

The article covers it rather well, if you get far enough in, I thought.

This pawpaw is a fruit native to North America, and the name sharing is just coincidence. Here's the Wikipedia page for it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba

[lidavidm]

Well, yes: pawpaw is a different fruit in the US Midwest, and that's what the article is about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba

[JKCalhoun]

Growing up in US midwest we learned the folk song with the line: "Way down yonder in the paw paw patch...".

[wil421]

They grow in the South and all the way to the Atlantic. Including small parts of the North Florida panhandle.

[twright]

Carica papaya versus Asimina triloba