{"id":11990,"date":"2015-09-19T15:10:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T22:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11990"},"modified":"2015-09-11T06:57:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T13:57:25","slug":"papaya-root-and-branch-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/trees-and-shrubs\/papaya-root-and-branch-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Papaya &#8211; Root and Branch Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Papaya by enbodenumer, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/enbodenumer\/3409920278\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3565\/3409920278_0431e3f35b.jpg\" alt=\"Papaya\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Papaya is a widely grown fruit tree of the tropics. It&#8217;s large fleshy fruit contains many seeds but can weigh from 1 pound up to 20 pound on some varieties.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features of the Papaya<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Latin name<\/strong> &#8211; Carica Papaya &#8211; other common names Papaw, or Pawpaw or Mugua<\/li>\n<li><strong>Height<\/strong> &#8211; up to 33 feet<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type of tree<\/strong> &#8211; evergreen<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leaves <\/strong> &#8211; Long deeply lobed dark green and alternate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flowers<\/strong> &#8211; Males and females on separate trees with yellow or pink petals<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fruit <\/strong> &#8211; Large, ovoid, fleshy fruit up to 12&#8243; long. Orange or pink flesh surrounding multiple soft black seeds<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bark<\/strong> &#8211; Light brown with leaf scars<\/li>\n<li><strong>Family<\/strong> &#8211; The only member of the Carica genus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"papaya by mars!, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marshsu\/18377745\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/13\/18377745_f51e4514c1.jpg\" alt=\"papaya\" width=\"368\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Origins and Distribution of the Papaya<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Widely grown throughout the tropics.<\/li>\n<li>Originally native to Mexico and central America.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Uses and Attributes of the Papaya<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The fruit contains many vitimins and trace chemicals. The latex and leaves can be made into drinks and there are many medical uses for the Papaya.<\/li>\n<li>Ripe fruit with sweet, yellow or pink flesh make a traditional tropical breakfast.<\/li>\n<li>The raw fruit and the leaves contain an enzyme, papain, that is used to tenderise meat.<\/li>\n<li>Green unripe Papaya are used in several folk remedies and for both contraception and abortion.<\/li>\n<li>The bark can be used to make rope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gardeners Tips for the Papaya<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Another tree to leave for the hotter (and wetter) climates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Types of Papaya<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>There are many varieties available. Some have small pear shaped fruit others have large round heavy pawpaws.<\/li>\n<li>One type has sweet, red and the other has yellow flesh not surprisingly called &#8220;red papaya&#8221; and &#8220;yellow papaw&#8221;, respectively. Either kind, picked green, is called a &#8220;green papaya.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Large-fruited, red-fleshed varieties include &#8216;Maradol&#8217;, &#8216;Sunrise&#8217;, and &#8216;Caribbean Red&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>There are a growing number of genetically modified species including &#8216;SunUp&#8217; and &#8216;Rainbow&#8217;,<\/li>\n<li>Generally Hawaiian variety are smaller and pear-shaped, while Caribbean and Asian papayas are long and large.<\/li>\n<li>Confusion exists with the Custard Apple family of Asimina triloba and Asimina tetramera, commonly known as the four-petal pawpaw in some countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Papaya by mwanasimba, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mwanasimba\/2851333924\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3106\/2851333924_233eac16d1.jpg\" alt=\"Papaya\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Papaya comments from elsewhere<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;Deliciously sweet with musky undertones and a soft, butter-like consistency, it is no wonder the papaya was reputably called the &#8220;fruit of the angels&#8221; by Christopher Columbus. Once considered quite exotic, they can now be found in markets throughout the year. Although there is a slight seasonal peak in early summer and fall, papaya trees produce fruit year round&#8217;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whfoods.com\/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&amp;dbid=47\">for more<\/a> on health benefits .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Credits<\/strong><br \/>\nPapaya by enbodenumer CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\npapaya by mars! CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\nPapaya by mwanasimba CC BY-SA 2.0<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Jungle book&#8217; fruit of choice the Pawpaw comes from the Papaya tree widely grown for their fruit in tropical climates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,251],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trees-and-shrubs","category-tree-root-and-branch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}