Mountain Paw Paw other edibles It remains green when ripe

It remains green when ripe

Cultivation is easy

and are edible but rarely eaten except as famine food

it can test your OCD tendencies if you like your plants to always look 'perfect'

which are home to so many fascinating plants

Mountain Paw Paw other edibles It remains green when ripeMountain Paw Paw, sub tropical fruit also known as Papaya, which handles cold better than most other varieties. Grows well in frost free parts of the North Island. Majestic tree with a truly straight stem growing large, distinguished, evergreen leaves up to 60 cm across and deeply lobed. Bright yellow fruit about the size of a small apple, but with strongly lobed longitudinal segments. Harvests early summer through late autumn as fruit gradually