Curse of the PawPaw

This morning i found at my desk a little surprise of a bag of unidentifiable fruit. Finding random things left at my desk is not that unusual and lately fruits and vegetables have been appearing more times then not. So when i saw this bag of plant material on my desk i simply assumed it was more summer squash, which has been the norm lately. But when i opened said bag the over powering smell was not that of summer squash. I examined the strange green lobes. they were soft and wet squishy sound when pressed. the smell was something like rotting taro root, if that could be imagined.

Knowing that this bag of unnatural fruit came for only one likely source, i questioned him about the origins of this vile bag. The fruit as it would seem comes from the PawPaw tree. And according to Wikipedia:

is a small fruit tree native to north east america.

Pollinated by scavenging carrion flies and beetles, the flowers emit a weak scent which attracts few pollinators, thus limiting fruit production.

Larger growers sometimes locate rotting meat near the trees at bloom time to increase the number of blowflies.

I placed the bag in the trash in the break room. I could still smell the fruit for the rest of the day. The worst part is "Paw-paw" is what i used to call my grandfather. Now i kind of feel bad calling him that all those years.