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Papaya
Carica papaya L.
RespiratoryTrees 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
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