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    The papaya is a large tree-like plant native to the tropics of the Americas. It has large spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of its trunk and bears large fruit that is ready to eat when soft and amber or orange in color. The papaya tree was one of the first transgenic fruit trees to have its genome sequenced. It is cultivated for its nutritious and versatile fruit in tropical and subtropical regions around the world.

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    The papaya is a large tree-like plant native to the tropics of the Americas. It has large spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of its trunk and bears large fruit that is ready to eat when soft and amber or orange in color. The papaya tree was one of the first transgenic fruit trees to have its genome sequenced. It is cultivated for its nutritious and versatile fruit in tropical and subtropical regions around the world.

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    10/3/2016

    PapayaWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    Papaya
    FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    Thepapaya(/ppa/orUS/ppj/)(fromCaribviaSpanish),
    papaw,(/pp/[2])orpawpaw(/pp/[2])[3]istheplantCarica
    papaya,oneofthe22acceptedspeciesinthegenusCaricaofthefamily
    Caricaceae.[4]

    Papaya

    ItisnativetothetropicsoftheAmericas,perhapsfromsouthernMexico
    andneighboringCentralAmerica.[5]ItwasfirstcultivatedinMexico
    severalcenturiesbeforetheemergenceoftheMesoamericanclassical
    civilizations.
    Thepapayaisalarge,treelikeplant,withasinglestemgrowingfrom5
    to10m(16to33ft)tall,withspirallyarrangedleavesconfinedtothe
    topofthetrunk.Thelowertrunkisconspicuouslyscarredwhereleaves
    andfruitwereborne.Theleavesarelarge,5070cm(2028in)in
    diameter,deeplypalmatelylobed,withsevenlobes.Unusuallyforsuch
    largeplants,thetreesaredioecious.Thetreeisusuallyunbranched,
    unlesslopped.Theflowersaresimilarinshapetotheflowersofthe
    Plumeria,butaremuchsmallerandwaxlike.Theyappearontheaxils
    oftheleaves,maturingintolargefruit1545cm(5.917.7in)longand
    1030cm(3.911.8in)indiameter.Thefruitisatypeofberry.[6]Itis
    ripewhenitfeelssoft(assoftasaripeavocadoorabitsofter)andits
    skinhasattainedanambertoorangehue.

    Papayatreeandfruit,fromKoehler's
    MedicinalPlants(1887)

    Caricapapayawasthefirsttransgenicfruittreetohaveitsgenome
    sequenced.[7]

    Contents
    1 Originanddistribution
    2 Cultivationandproduction
    2.1 Diseasesandpests
    2.1.1 Viruses
    2.1.2 Fungi
    2.1.3 Pests
    2.2 Cultivars
    2.2.1 Geneticallyengineeredcultivars
    3 Nutrition
    4 Culinaryuses
    4.1 Meattenderizing
    5 Phytochemicals
    6 Traditionalmedicine
    7 Allergiesandsideeffects
    8 Gallery
    9 Seealso
    10 References
    11 Externallinks
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya

    Papayacrosssection

    Scientificclassification
    Kingdom:

    Plantae

    (unranked):

    Angiosperms

    (unranked):

    Eudicots

    (unranked):

    Rosids

    Order:

    Brassicales

    Family:

    Caricaceae

    Genus:

    Carica
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