Botanical name:-Carica papaya
Englishname :-Papaya, Papaw
Tamil name :-pappayi, pappali
Sanskirt name:-erandakarkati- madhukarkati
Description:- Small tree to about 5(-7) m tall; stems usually, hollow , leaf scars prominent. Leaf lamina to about 75 cmLong and broad, palmately (3)7-11 (- 13)lobed; petiole hollow, to about 100 cm long. Inflorescences or Single flowers, staminate or pistillate , pear in the leaf axils. Flowers fragrant ; corolla greenish yellowFruit a fleshy berry, varying in size, yellow- green when ripe; up to 750 seeds. Seeds yellowish brown To black, about 7 mm diameter.
Grows in:-Sri Lanka,India,New World in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and northern Argentina., Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the U.S. state of Florida, and Malawi and Tanzania in AfricaAdditional crops of C. papaya are grown in Australia, the Philippines, and the U.S. state of Hawaii
Ayurvedic usag:-Stomach troubles, Worms, Hoarseness, Bronchitis, Laryngitis, Tracheitis, Dengue fever, Sting and Burns, Cystitis , Acne, Thematic complaints, Coughs.
Parts used to make medicine:-, Leaves,Fruit, ,
Propagation:-Seeds