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Papaya

Carica papaya L.

Respiratory

Trees or shrubs Height: 8-10 m Leaves: Petiole hollow, 60- 100 cm; leaf blade ca. 60 cm. Flowers: Male inflorescence pendulous, to 1 m. Female flusions usually solitary or aggregated in corymbuse cymes, lobes yellow, oblong or lanceolde. Fruits: Fruit orangeyellow or yellow with numerous seeds, black at maturity, ovoid Willa yellow, oblong

Location & Habitat

CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (CAR), BENGUET, KIBUNGAN, Natural and cultivated. | CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (CAR), MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, BARLIG, Natural and cultivated

Research

Benguet State University: Documentation and Digitalization of Traditional Knowledge and Health Practices: Kankanaeys of Palina and Ekachakran Ethnolinguistic Groups of the Cordillera

Quick Info

Scientific Name
Carica papaya L.
Local Name
Papaya
Family
Not provided
Category
Respiratory
Date Collected
Jun 28, 2026