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| Papaya | |
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| Papaya trunk with immature fruit | |
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| Genus: | Carica |
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| Carica papaya | |
Papaya is a tall herbaceous plant in the genus Carica; its edible fruit is also called papaya. It is native to the tropical region of America, mainly from southern Mexico to Central America. Now these plants are grown in all tropical regions of the world.
Papayas are plants of tropical regions and, for growth and fruit production, they need a warm climate. They cannot live with low temperatures.
This is now the only species in its genus. As a result of genetic research, the other species were put in three new genera.
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