fruits & vegetables :: NATURALIZED, CULTIVATED :: Caricaceae » Carica papaya
Dinesh Valke
KAIR-ih-kuh -- from the Greek karike, a kind of fig - referring to papaya's fig-like leaves
puh-PIE-yuh or pap-EYE-yuh -- possibly derived from the Caribbean word for this plant
commonly known as: melon tree, pawpaw, papaya, tree melon • Assamese: অমৱতা amawata, অমিতা amita • Bengali: পেঁপে pempe • Gujarati: પપૈયો papayo, પપૈયું papayun • Hindi: अरणड खरबुजा arand-kharbuza, पपैया papaiya, पपीता papita • Kannada: ಪಪಾಯ papaya, ಪರಮ್ಗಿ paramgi • Konkani: पॉप्पाइ poppayi • Malayalam: കപ്പങ്ങ kappanga, കൊപ്പക്കായ koppakkaaya • Manipuri: awathabi • Marathi: पपयी pappayi, पोपय popay, पोपया popaya, poppayi, फोपयी phopayi • Mizo: thingfanghma • Nepalese: पपिता papita • Oriya: amritobonda • Sanskrit: एरण्ड कर्कटी erand karkati • Tamil: கனியாமணக்கு kaniyamanakku, பப்பாளி pappali • Telugu: బొప్పాయి boppayi • Urdu: ارنڐ کهربجا arand kharbuza, پپيا papaiya
Native to: southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America
Edible use:
... unripe fruit (as VEGETABLE) eaten raw (as in salads), cooked usually in curries and stews
... ripe fruit (as FRUIT) eaten fresh
... black seeds are edible ... sometimes ground and used as a substitute for black pepper
... young leaves of papaya are steamed and eaten like spinach ... in some parts of Asia
Quoted from Wikipedia
raju
Male flower of Papaya is eaten (fried) by Bodo tribal communities in
Western Assam
Raju Das
On Jan 2, 11:35 pm, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Caricaceae (carica family) » *Carica papaya*
>
> *KAIR-ih-kuh* -- from the Greek *karike*, a kind of fig - referring to
> papaya's fig-like leaves
> *puh-PIE-yuh* or *pap-EYE-yuh* -- possibly derived from the Caribbean word
> for this plant
>
> *commonly known as*: melon tree, pawpaw, papaya, tree melon • Assamese:
> অমৱতা amawata, অমিতা amita • Bengali: পেঁপে pempe • Gujarati: પપૈયો papayo,
> પપૈયું papayun • Hindi: अरणड खरबुजा arand-kharbuza, पपैया papaiya, पपीता
> papita • Kannada: ಪಪಾಯ papaya, ಪರಮ್ಗಿ paramgi • Konkani: पॉप्पाइ poppayi •
> Malayalam: കപ്പങ്ങ kappanga, കൊപ്പക്കായ koppakkaaya • Manipuri: awathabi •
> Marathi: पपयी pappayi, पोपय popay, पोपया popaya, poppayi, फोपयी phopayi •
> Mizo: thingfanghma • Nepalese: पपिता papita • Oriya: amritobonda • Sanskrit:
> एरण्ड कर्कटी erand karkati • Tamil: கனியாமணக்கு kaniyamanakku, பப்பாளி
> pappali • Telugu: బొప్పాయి boppayi • Urdu: ارنڐ کهربجا arand kharbuza, پپيا
> papaiya
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> *Native to*: southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America
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> *Edible use*:
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> > ... unripe fruit (as VEGETABLE) eaten raw (as in salads), cooked usually in
> > curries and stews
> > ... ripe fruit (as FRUIT) eaten fresh
> > ... black seeds are edible ... sometimes ground and used as a substitute
> > for black pepper
> > ... young leaves of papaya are steamed and eaten like spinach ... in some
> > parts of Asia
> > Quoted from Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_papaya>
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> > ... the first fruit tree to have its genome deciphered ... Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_papaya>
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