Carica papaya(CIAPA)
Overview Code created in: 2001-10-07
- EPPO Code: CIAPA
- Preferred name: Carica papaya
- Authority: Linnaeus
Mexico and Central America, South America (Colombia, Venezuela). Widely cultivated in pre-Columbian times throughout tropical America. More recently, cultivated throughout the tropics for its fruits (Western Asia (Oman), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam), China, Tchad, Ethiopia, Sénégal to Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre, Angola, USA (Florida), Caribbean, most of remaining South America (except southern cone)
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Papaya carica | Gärtner |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| papaw | English |
| papaya | English |
| pawpaw | English |
| tree melon | English |
| Baummelonenbaum | German |
| Melonenbaum | German |
| arbre de melon | French |
| papayer | French |
| fruto bomba | Spanish (AR) |
| lechosa | Spanish (HN) |
| mamón lechoso | Spanish (ES) |
| mapana | Spanish (VE) |
| papaya | Spanish |
| papaya melón | Spanish (HN) |
| papayero | Spanish |
| papayo | Spanish (ES) |
| carica | Italian |
| fico delle isole | Italian |
| papaia | Italian |
| papajo | Italian |
| meloenboom | Dutch |
| papaja | Dutch |
| mamaeiro | Portuguese |
| mamão | Portuguese |
| mamoeiro | Portuguese |
| papaeira | Portuguese |
| papaieira | Portuguese |
| papaya | Swedish |
| дынное дерево | Russian |
| карика | Russian |
| папайя | Russian |
| melontræ | Danish |
| papaya | Danish |
| melonowiec właściwy | Polish |
| papaier | Catalan |
| fān mù guā shǔ | Chinese |
| 番木瓜属 | Chinese |
| papita | Hindi |
| पपीता | Hindi |
| betik | Indonesian |
| papai | Swahili |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Malvids (
1MAVD )
Order
Brassicales (
1CAPO )
Family
Caricaceae (
1CAAF )
Genus
Carica (
1CIAG )
Species
Carica papaya (
CIAPA )