[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.