Answer:

papaws

Answer	Crossword Clue
PAPAWS	Trees with purplish flowers
PAPAWS	Fruit also called "prairie bananas"
PAPAWS	"Poor man's bananas"

PAPAWS	Fruit also known as "prairie bananas"
PAPAWS	Louisiana fruits.
PAPAWS	Bananalike fruits.
PAPAWS	Fruit.
PAPAWS	Banana-like fruit
PAPAWS	Yellowish fruits
PAPAWS	Melonlike fruits
PAPAWS	Custard-apple trees (Var.)