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Papaya

Carica papaya

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

large fruit

Habitat:

grows easily in the tropics

Notes:

I thought the golf ball sized piece of fruit inside this papaya was very strange and worth sharing. the second pic is the papaya flower.

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Carica papaya

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Comments (3)
Christiane
Papaya.. a medical tree! The whole plant is good for you!
Dan Doucette
Yeah, papaya seems to grow like a weed everywhere! You're lucky to have it growing so close.
iamcherreymaiya
papaya outside right outside my room's window back in my hometown, and papaya outside my kitchen in my apartment hehe..

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PublishedMay 4, 2011

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