This article is about the papaya. Not to be confused with the South American Mountain papaya or the Eastern North American "pawpaw". For other mugua see Chaenomeles speciosa or Pseudocydonia chinensis. For other uses, see Papaya (disambiguation).
Papaya
Plant and fruit, from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887)
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[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.[2]
The papaya (/pəˈpaɪə/, US: /pəˈpɑːjə/), papaw, (/pəˈpɔː/[3]) or pawpaw (/ˈpɔːpɔː/[3])[4] is the plant species Carica papaya, one of the 21 accepted species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae.[5] It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within modern-day southern Mexico and Central America.[6][7] It is grown in several countries in regions with a tropical climate. In 2022, India produced 38% of the world's supply of papayas.
^Contreras, A. (2016). "Carica papaya". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20681422A20694916. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
^"Carica papaya L." U.S. National Plant Germplasm System. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
^ ab"Papaw". Collins Dictionary. n.d. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
^In North America, papaw or pawpaw usually means the plant belonging to the Annonaceae family or its fruit. Ref.: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (2009), published in United States.
^"Carica L." World Flora Online. World Flora Consortium. 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
^Morton JF (1987). "Papaya; In: Fruits of Warm Climates". Purdue University Center for New Crops and Plant Products. pp. 336–346. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
^Chávez-Pesqueira M, Núñez-Farfán J (1 December 2017). "Domestication and Genetics of Papaya: A Review". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 5. doi:10.3389/fevo.2017.00155.
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