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  • COMMON NAME: Papaya, Pawpaw.
  • ARABIC: بابايا
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Carica papaya L.
  • SYNONYMS: Carica citriformis Hook.f. Carica cubensis Solms.
  • FAMILY: CARICACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Landscape (L) Fruits (F) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Tree
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/carica-papaya Adejuwon Adewale Adeneye. Subchronic and Chronic Toxicities of African Medicinal Plants. in Toxicological Survey of African Medicinal Plants, 2014 http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000588009 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE.
Papayas are high in protein, fat, fiber, and carbohydrates in comparison to other fruits. It is also a rich source of vitamin A, potassium, and carotenoids. Low to moderate salinity tolerance. Ornamental plant. industrial and medicinal uses.
Large, attractive tree, 3-10 meters high, palm like. Trunk usually straight, rarely branched, with terminal crown of large leaves. Leaves large, palmately lobed, 30-120cm across, with long stalk. Flowers yellow, dioecious, many in clusters or racemes. Calyx tiny. Petals 5, larger than calyx. Stamens 10. Stigmas 5. Ovary many seeded. Fruit like melon in shape and size, yellow-orange, with many brown-black seeds.
Cultivated in dry places. It grows well in sandy and salty regions.
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