Carica papaya L.

 
  • Family : CARICACEAE
    (Papaya Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PAPITA FAMILY (पपीता फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CARICACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Carica papaya L.
  • Common name : Papaya, Papas, Papaw tree
  • Vernacular name : Parangi gida(Kannada); Parangi, Boppayi (Telugu); Ampapaya, Karmmathi, Kappalanga, Omakkay, Pappali, Kappaka (Malayalam); Amruta bhanda (Oria); Papeeta (Hindi); Pappaali (Tamil)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for edible fruits. Leaf extracts used for curing Dengue fever along with Tinospora juice
  • Key identification features : Soft wooded tree
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Native : Tropical America
  • World Distribution : Cultivated in Tropics and Sub tropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carica papaya. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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