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Carica papaya
Wild papaya growing adjacent to a Red mangrove forest. The wild papayas' fruits are much smaller than those that are cultivated for fruit, but they provide food for many fruit eating birds of the tropics.
Native to: Tropical America
Spotted on Dec 22, 2011
Submitted on Jan 18, 2012
2 Comments
Thanks Wendy! I agree that this is papaya, it is native to this area and is commonly seen growing wild. Thanks again for your help :)
May be this plant belong to Carica genus (papaya).