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Carica papaya
Photo take at my backyard at night, this beautiful papaya tree is now about 4 mt tall and has give us fruits from around 3 years.The papaya is a large tree-like plant, with a single stem growing from 5 to 10 mt tall, with spirally arranged leaves 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 diameter, deeply palmately lobed with 7 lobes.
Found today in all tropical and subtropical areas worldwide.
Papaya is marketed in tablet form to remedy digestive problems.Papayas can be used as a food, a cooking aid, and in traditional medicine. The stem and bark may be used in rope production.
Spotted on Apr 7, 2012
Submitted on Apr 7, 2012
11 Comments
Thanks Argybee, Jeannette, Viv, Christy, harsuane ! :)
Grandioso efecto el que le dio la cama muy bella
The first pic is really neat! Very interesting perspective!
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Great photo!
One of my favourite fruits : ) and so good for you : )
Wow, I have never seen a papayatree before, thank you Gerardo :)
Thanks Argybee!
Full of nice geometry too.
Thanks auntnance and Nopayahnah !
nice series!
Really like the first photo. (I never developed a taste for the fruit, but it is a pretty neat plant.)