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The Male Papaya

Carica papaya

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Some papaya trees are male, some are female, and some are hermaphrodite. Here are the flowers of a male papaya tree. The characteristic of male flowers is their long, branching stalk. Locals believe that eating the male flowers will keep malaria away.

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Carica papaya

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PublishedJuly 5, 2011

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