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Lecture 31 Papaya

Papaya, Puerto Rico. Papaya: Carica papaya, CaricaceaeA tropical fruit, widely grown as a backyard tropical tree but increasingly important as a commercial fruit. Family consists of two genera, Carica and Jacaratia. Genera were so varied that they were hard to place in a family, finally Caricaceae developed to include both genera. A Venezuelan taxonomist, Bodillo, reduced the species to 57. All are indigenous to the American tropics. All dioecious except C. papaya which is polygamous (ma21

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Lecture 31 Papaya

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