Papaya, Carica papaya

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Papaya

Caricaceae
Carica papaya

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Flower Petal # 5

Main Color

Color 2

Type	Categories	Useful Parts
Tree

Caricaceae Family

Carica Genus

Other Names for this Plant

Papaw, Pawpaw

Location

Franco da Rocha, SP, Brazil

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Caricaceae

Order of Mustard

Real Mallows

Mallow Class

Real Rose Class

Rose-Like Class

Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Eudicots

Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Mesangiospermae

Half Capsule Seed Division

Magnolia Division

Seed Plants

Real Land Plants

Multiple Spore Sub-Kingdom

Stomatophytes

Air Pores Sub-Kingdom

Embryophytes

Multicellular Land Plants

Streptobionta

Multicellular Plants

Plantae

Plants

Eukaryota

Cells with a Nucleus

General Information

Papayas can be used as a food, a cooking aid and in traditional medicine.
The stem and bark may be used in rope production.

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