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PAPAYA

Scientific Name: Carica Papaya L.


Local Name: Pepe
Family: Carocaceae
Chromosome number: 2n=18

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Violales
Family: Caricaceae
Genus: Carica
Species: C papaya

Root: Tap root


Stem: Large un-branched tree like appearing as trunk,
cylindrical
Leaf: The leaves emerge directly, spirally, from the upper part
of the stem

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