PAPAI PAPITA PAPAYA
PAPAI PAPITA PAPAYA
Botanical Name : Carica papaya
Traditional medicine
In traditional medicine, papaya leaves have been believed useful as a treatment for malaria] an abortifacient, a purgative, or smoked to relieve asthma.
Two kinds of papayas are commonly grown. One has sweet, red, or orange flesh, and the other has yellow flesh; in Australia, these are called "red papaya" and "yellow papaw," respectively. Either kind, picked green, is called a "green papaya."
The large-fruited, red-fleshed 'Maradol,' 'Sunrise,' and 'Caribbean Red' papayas often sold in U.S. markets are commonly grown in Mexico and Belize.
In 2011, Philippine researchers reported that by hybridizing papaya with Vasconcellea quercifolia, they had developed papaya resistant to papaya ringspot virus (PRV), part of a long line of attempts to transfer resistance from Vasconcellea species into papaya
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