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This article is about Carica papaya, the widely cultivated papaya (also called papaw or pawpaw), a
tropical fruit tree. For the mountain papaya (Vasconcellea pubescens) of South America,
see Mountain papaya. For the Eastern North American tree (and fruit) called "pawpaw", see Asimina
triloba. For other uses, see Papaya (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Chaenomeles speciosa (flowering quince) or Pseudocydonia
chinensis (Chinese quince), which like Carica papaya are sometimes called mugua.
Papaya
Koehler'sMedicinal-Plants (1887)
Papaya cross section
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Caricaceae
Genus: Carica
Species: C. papaya
Binomial name
Carica papaya
L.[1]
Papaya output in 2005, shown as a percentage of the top producer, Brazil (1.7 megatonnes)
The papaya (/pəˈpaɪə/ or US: /pəˈpɑːjə/) (from Carib via Spanish), papaw, (/pəˈpɔː/[2])
or pawpaw (/ˈpɔːˌpɔː/[2]) [3] is the plant Carica papaya, one of the 22 accepted species in
the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae.[4]
It is native to the tropics of the Americas, perhaps from southern Mexico and neighboring Central
America.[5] It was first cultivated in Mexico[citation needed] several centuries before the emergence of
the Mesoamerican classical civilizations.
Contents
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1Description
2Origin and distribution
3Cultivation and production
o 3.1Diseases and pests
3.1.1Viruses
3.1.2Fungi
3.1.3Pests
o 3.2Cultivars
3.2.1Genetically engineered cultivars
4Nutrition
5Culinary uses
o 5.1Meat tenderizing
6Phytochemicals
7Traditional medicine
8Allergies and side effects
9Gallery
10See also
11References
12External links
Description[edit]
The papaya is a small, sparsely branched tree, usually with a single stem growing from 5 to 10 m
(16 to 33 ft) tall, with spirally arrangedleaves confined to the top of the trunk. The lower trunk is
conspicuously scarred where leaves and fruit were borne. The leaves are large, 50–70 cm (20–
28 in) in diameter, deeply palmately lobed, with seven lobes. All parts of the plant contain latex in
articulated laticifers.[6] Unusually for such large plants, the trees are dioecious. The flowers are 5-
parted and highly dimorphic, the male flowers with the stamens fused to the petals. The female
flowers have a superior ovary and five contorted petals loosely connected at the base.[7]:235Male and
female flowers are borne in the leaf axils, the males in multiflowered dichasia, the female flowers is
few-flowered dichasia. The flowers are sweet-scented, open at night and are moth-pollinated.[6] The
fruit is a large berry about 15–45 cm (5.9–17.7 in) long and 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in) in diameter.[6]:88 It
is ripe when it feels soft (as soft as a ripe avocado or a bit softer) and its skin has attained an amber
to orange hue.
Production in millions of
Country/State
tons
India 5.5
Brazil 1.6
Indonesia 0.9
Nigeria 0.8
Mexico 0.8
World 12.4
India and Brazil are the major producers of papaya, together providing 57% of the world total of 12.4
million tons in 2013 (FAOSTAT chart).
Gaining in popularity among tropical fruits worldwide, papaya is now ranked fourth in total tropical
fruit production after bananas, oranges, and mango. Global papaya production has grown
significantly over the last few years, mainly as a result of increased production in India.[11] Papaya
has become an important agricultural export for developing countries, where export revenues of the
fruit provide a livelihood for thousands of people, especially in Asia and Latin America.
Carica papaya was the first transgenic fruit tree to have its genome sequenced.[12]
Diseases and pests[edit]
Viruses[edit]
Papaya ringspot virus is a well-known virus within plants in Florida.[5] The first signs of the virus are
yellowing and vein-clearing of younger leaves, as well as mottling yellow leaves. Infected leaves
may obtain blisters, roughen or narrow, with blades sticking upwards from the middle of the leaves.
The petioles and stems may develop dark green greasy streaks and in time become shorter. The
ringspots are circular, C-shaped markings that are darker green than the fruit itself. In the later
stages of the virus, the markings may become gray and crusty. Viral infections impact growth and
reduce the fruit's quality. One of the biggest effects that viral infections have on papaya is the taste.
As of 2010, the only way to protect papaya from this virus is genetic modification.[13]
The papaya mosaic virus destroys the plant until only a small tuft of leaves are left. The virus affects
both the leaves of the plant and the fruit. Leaves show thin, irregular, dark-green lines around the
borders and clear areas around the veins. The more severely affected leaves are irregular and linear
in shape. The virus can infect the fruit at any stage of its maturity. Fruits as young as 2 weeks old
have been spotted with dark-green ringspots about 1 inch in diameter. Rings on the fruit are most
likely seen on either the stem end or the blossom end. In the early stages of the ringspots, the rings
tend to be many closed circles, but as the disease develops, the rings will increase in diameter
consisting of one large ring. The difference between the ringspot and the mosaic viruses is the ripe
fruit in the ringspot has mottling of colors and mosaic does not.[14]
Fungi[edit]
The fungus anthracnose is known to specifically attack papaya, especially the mature fruits. The
disease starts out small with very few signs, such as water-soaked spots on ripening fruits. The
spots become sunken, turn brown or black, and may get bigger. In some of the older spots, the
fungus may produce pink spores. The fruit ends up being soft and having an off flavor because the
fungus grows into the fruit.[15]
The fungus powdery mildew occurs as a superficial white presence on the surface of the leaf in
which it is easily recognized. Tiny, light yellow spots begin on the lower surfaces of the leaf as the
disease starts to make its way. The spots enlarge and white powdery growth appears on the leaves.
The infection usually appears at the upper leaf surface as white fungal growth. Powdery mildew is
not as severe as other diseases.[16]
The fungus phytophthora blight causes damping-off, root rot, stem rot, stem girdling, and fruit rot.
Damping-off happens in young plants by wilting and death. The spots on established plants start out
as white, water-soaked lesions at the fruit and branch scars. These spots enlarge and eventually
cause death. The most dangerous feature of the disease is the infection of the fruit which may be
toxic to consumers.[15] The roots can also be severely and rapidly infected, causing the plant to brown
and wilt away, collapsing within days.
Pests[edit]
The papaya fruit fly is mainly yellow with black marks.[5] The female papaya fruit fly has a very long,
slender abdomen with an extended ovipositor that exceeds the length of its body. The male papaya
fruit fly looks like the female with the differences of a hairy abdomen and no ovipositor. Long, slender
eggs are laid inside of the fruit by the female papaya fruit fly. The larvae are white and look very
much like the regular fruit fly larvae. The female is capable of laying 100 or more eggs, and they are
laid during the evening or early morning in groups of ten inside young fruit. They usually hatch within
12 days of being in the fruit where they feed on the seeds and interior parts of the fruit. When the
larvae mature (usually 16 days after being hatched) they eat their way out of the fruit, drop to the
ground, and pupate just below the soil and emerge within one to two weeks as mature flies. The
flesh of the papaya must be ripe for the fly to migrate towards the surface of the fruit because unripe
papaya juice is fatal to them. The papaya will turn yellow and drop to the ground if it is infected by
the papaya fruit fly.[15]
The two-spotted spider mite is a 0.5-mm-long brown or orange-red or a green, greenish yellow
translucent oval pest. They all have needle-like piercing-sucking mouthparts and feed by piercing the
plant tissue with their mouthparts, usually on the underside of the plant. The spider mites spin fine
threads of webbing on the host plant, and when they remove the sap, the mesophyll tissue collapses
and a small chlorotic spot forms at the feeding sites. The leaves of the papaya fruit turn yellow, gray,
or bronze. If the spider mites are not controlled, they can cause the death of the fruit.[15]
The papaya whitefly lays yellow, oval eggs that appear dusted on the undersides of the leaves. They
eat papaya leaves, therefore damaging the fruit. There, the eggs developed into flies in three stages
called instars. The first instar has well-developed legs and is the only mobile immature life stage.
The crawlers insert their mouthparts in the lower surfaces of the leaf when they find it suitable and
usually do not move again in this stage. The next instars are flattened, oval, and scale-like. In the
final stage, the pupal whiteflies are more convex, with large, conspicuously red eyes.[15]
Cultivars[edit]
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.[17] 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.[5][18]
In 2011, Philippine researchers reported that by hybridizing papaya with Vasconcellea quercifolia,
they had developed conventionally bred, nongenetically engineered papaya resistant to PRV.[19]
Genetically engineered cultivars[edit]
Carica papaya was the first transgenic fruit tree to have its genome sequenced.[12] In response to
the papaya ringspot virus (PRV) outbreak in Hawaii, in 1998, genetically altered papaya were
approved and brought to market (including 'SunUp' and 'Rainbow' varieties.) Varieties resistant to
PRV have some DNA of this virus incorporated into the DNA of the plant.[20][21] As of 2010, 80% of
Hawaiian papaya plants were genetically modified. The modifications were made by University of
Hawaii scientists who made the modified seeds available to farmers without charge.[22][23]
Papaya flower bud cooked as vegetable in Manado cuisine
Nutrition[edit]
Papayas, raw
Carbohydrates 10.82 g
Sugars 7.82 g
Fat 0.26 g
Protein 0.47 g
Vitamins
beta-carotene 47 μg
274 μg
89 μg
0.027 mg
0.357 mg
0.191 mg
38 μg
Vitamin C (75%)
62 mg
Vitamin E (2%)
0.3 mg
Vitamin K (2%)
2.6 μg
Minerals
Calcium (2%)
20 mg
Iron (2%)
0.25 mg
Magnesium (6%)
21 mg
Manganese (2%)
0.04 mg
Phosphorus (1%)
10 mg
Potassium (4%)
182 mg
Sodium (1%)
8 mg
Zinc (1%)
0.08 mg
Other constituents
Lycopene 1828 µg
Units
μg = micrograms • mg = milligrams
IU = International units
adults.
In a 100 gram serving, papaya fruit provides 43 calories and is a significant source of vitamin
C (75% of the Daily Value, DV) and a moderate source of folate (10% DV), but otherwise has
negligible content of nutrients (see table).
Culinary uses[edit]
The ripe fruit of the papaya is usually eaten raw, without skin or seeds. The unripe green fruit can be
eaten cooked, usually in curries,salads, and stews. Green papaya is used in Southeast
Asian cooking, both raw and cooked.[24] In Thai cuisine, papaya is used to makeThai salads such
as som tam and Thai curries such as kaeng som when still not fully ripe. In Indonesian cuisine, the
unripe green fruits and young leaves are boiled for use as part of lalab salad, while the flower buds
are sautéed and stir-fried with chillies and green tomatoes asMinahasan papaya flower vegetable
dish. Papayas have a relatively high amount of pectin, which can be used to make jellies. The smell
of ripe, fresh papaya flesh can strike some people as unpleasant. In Brazil, the unripe fruits are often
used to make sweets orpreserves.
The black seeds of the papaya are edible and have a sharp, spicy taste.[5] They are sometimes
ground and used as a substitute forblack pepper.
In some parts of Asia, the young leaves of the papaya are steamed and eaten like spinach.
Meat tenderizing[edit]
Both green papaya fruit and the tree's latex are rich in papain,[5] a protease used
for tenderizing meat and other proteins, as practiced currently by indigenous Americans and people
of the Caribbean region.[5] It is now included as a component in some powdered meat tenderizers.[5]
Phytochemicals[edit]
Papaya skin, pulp and seeds contain a variety of phytochemicals,
including carotenoids and polyphenols,[25] as well as benzyl isothiocyanates and benzyl glucosinates,
with skin and pulp levels that increase during ripening.[26] Papaya seeds also contain
thecyanogenic substance prunasin.[27]
Traditional medicine[edit]
In some parts of the world, papaya leaves are made into tea as a treatment for malaria, but the
mechanism is not understood and no treatment method based on these results has been
scientifically proven.[28]
Gallery[edit]
Seedlings
Buds
Female flowers
Male flowers
Leaf
Unripe fruit
Ripe fruit
See also[edit]
Food portal
References[edit]
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