Papaya Leaf P.E.

Specifications

The papaya (from via ) is the of the Carica papaya, in the genus  . It is native to the tropics of the Americas, and was first cultivated in several centuries before the emergence of the . It is often called a "paw paw" or a "big melon" but the is a different species, in the genus Asimina.

It is a large tree-like plant, with a single stem growing from 5 to 10 metres (16 to 33 ft) tall, with spirally arranged confined to the top of the trunk. The lower trunk is conspicuously scarred where leaves and fruit were borne. The leaves are large, 50–70 centimetres (20–28 in) diameter, deeply palmately lobed with 7 lobes. The tree is usually unbranched if unlopped. The are similar in shape to the flowers of the but are much smaller and wax-like. They appear on the axils of the leaves, maturing into the large 15–45 centimetres (5.9–18 in) long, 10–30 centimetres (3.9–12 in) diameter fruit. The fruit is ripe when it feels soft (like a ripe or a bit softer) and its skin has attained an amber to orange hue.

It is the first fruit tree to have its genome deciphered.

Medicine

Papaya is marketed in tablet form to remedy problems.

is also applied topically (in countries where it grows) for the treatment of cuts, rashes, stings and burns. Papain is commonly made from fermented papaya flesh, and is applied as a gel-like paste. was treated for a incurred during filming of by papain injections.

Women in India, , Sri Lanka, and other countries have long used green papaya as a folk remedy for contraception and .[] Enslaved women in the West Indies were noted for consuming papaya to prevent pregnancies and thus preventing their children from being born into slavery. Medical research in animals has confirmed the contraceptive and abortifacient capability of papaya, and also found that papaya seeds have contraceptive effects in adult male langur monkeys, possibly in adult male humans as well. Unripe papaya is especially effective in large amounts or high doses. Ripe papaya is not teratogenic and will not cause in small amounts. Phytochemicals in papaya may suppress the effects of