Papaye (Sul.)
Carica papaya L.
AntisepticErect herb Height: Up to 3 to 10 meters high Leaves: Leaves are somewhat rounded in outline, 1 meter broad or less, palmately 7- or 9-lobed, each lobe pinnately incised or lobed. Petioles are stout, hollow, and about 1 meter long. Flowers: Staminate inflorescence is axillary, pendulous, paniculate, and 1 to 1.5 meters long. Male flowers are in crowded clusters, straw-colored, and fragrant. Corolla tube is slender, about 2 centimeters long. Female flowers are in short, axillary spikes or racemes, the petals 7 centimeters long or less. Fruits: Fruit is indehiscent, subglobose, obovoid or oblong-cylindric, 5 to 30 centimeters long, fleshy and yellowish or yellow-orange when ripe.
Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Dengue. Preparation: Collect enough number of newly-sprout leaves of kapayas nga laki and wash thoroughly. Pound the leaves to extract the juice.. Part used: Newly-sprout leaves | Dengue. Preparation: Collect enough number of flowers and wash thoroughly. Pound the flowers to extract the juice.. Part used: Flowers | Samad (wounds). Preparation: Get the roots, wash thoroughly and scrape it.. Part used: Roots
Preparation
Collect enough number of newly-sprout leaves of kapayas nga laki and wash thoroughly. Pound the leaves to extract the juice. | Collect enough number of flowers and wash thoroughly. Pound the flowers to extract the juice. | Get the roots, wash thoroughly and scrape it.
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Quick Info
- Scientific Name
- Carica papaya L.
- Local Name
- Papaye (Sul.)
- Family
- Caricaceae
- Category
- Antiseptic
- Collected By
- Jovencio M. Manga (healer); Cesario P. Orong (mangalalap); Edwin D. Castillon (mangalalap)
- Date Collected
- Jul 27, 2018