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Papaya Plant and fruit, from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887) Conservation status Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Brassicales Family: Caricaceae Genus: Carica Species: C. papaya Binomial name Carica papaya L. The papaya, papaw, is the plant species Carica papaya, one of the 21 ...
The mountain papaya fruit is harvested when it is anywhere from 5–20 centimetres (2.0–7.9 in) long, 5–6 centimetres (2.0–2.4 in) in diameter, and an average weight of 200 grams (7.1 oz). [7] During fruit softening the fruit undergoes textural changes due to cell wall modifications that occur through the synergistic action of a complex ...
Carica papaya L. The species that have since been transferred to their new genera are as follows: Carica baccata = Vasconcellea microcarpa subsp. baccata; Carica candamarcensis = Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis (Mountain papaya) Carica candicans = Vasconcellea candicans (Mito) Carica caudata = Jarilla heterophylla; Carica cauliflora ...
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Some species, such as the papaya, bear edible fruit and produce papain. [3] Based on molecular analyses, this family has been proposed to have originated in Africa in the early Cenozoic era, ~66 million years ago (mya). The dispersal from Africa to Central America occurred ~35 mya, possibly via ocean currents from the Congo delta.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... the papaya fruit fly, is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. [1] [2] [3] References
Papain, also known as papaya proteinase I, is a cysteine protease (EC 3.4.22.2) enzyme present in papaya (Carica papaya) and mountain papaya (Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis).It is the namesake member of the papain-like protease family.
This is a list of countries by papaya production from 2017 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for papayas in 2022 was 13,822,328 metric tonnes , down by 1.9% from 14,086,181 tonnes in 2021. [ 1 ]