Carica papaya L.

English: Papaya, Pawpaw

German: Melonenbaum

Mandarin: 番木瓜 (fan mu gua)

Portuguese: Mamoeiro, Papaeira

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Violales (37)

        Family: Caricaceae (1)(family description)

          Genus: Carica (1)

            Epithet: papaya L. (1)

Synonyms: Carica citriformis Jacq., Papaya carica Gaertner

carica => from or of Caria, ancient name for a region of western Anatolia

citriformis => lemon shaped

papaya => from 'papaya' in the Taíno language of the Caribbean Islands and its relatives in the Arawak languages for the fruit of C. Papaya

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: beige, white

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