I think it is a fruit tree. Laura Manfredi, Spring Hill A: The mystery plant in the picture appears to be a native paw-paw, Asimin obovata. It is a deciduous, (loses its leaves) slow-growing shrub ...

Paw paw trees have large leaves that hang down and turn a clear yellow in autumn ... They break open easily but their light brown seeds are, like the custard apple's black seeds, not edible.