PAPAYA PLANT

Product Description

Papaya (Carica papaya) is a fast-growing, tropical fruit-bearing plant with a soft, hollow, non-woody stem. Native to Central America and southern Mexico, it thrives in warm, frost-free climates and produces sweet, bright orange, vitamin-rich flesh filled with small black seeds.
Plant Characteristics
Stem: Soft, green, and tree-like, growing up to 26 feet tall without true wood.
Leaves: Large, deeply lobed, and clustered in an umbrella-like canopy at the top.
Fruit: Oval or spherical berry with green skin that turns yellow-orange when ripe.
Seeds: Small, round, black, and clustered in the hollow center cavity.
Uses and Benefits
Nutrition: Packed with vitamins A and C, antioxidants, and dietary fiber.
Papain Enzyme: Extracted from the milky sap of unripe fruit; used as a meat tenderizer and in medicines.
Culinary: Ripe fruit is eaten fresh; green unripe fruit is cooked as a vegetable.