Carica papaya are sometimes called mugua. Carica papaya, one of the 22 papaye species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae. The lower trunk is conspicuously scarred where leaves and fruit were borne. Male and female flowers are borne in the leaf axils, and the males are multiflowered dichasia, and the female flowers are in few-flowered dichasia.
The pollen grains are elongated and approximately 35 microns in length. Native to tropical America, papaya originates from southern Mexico and Central America. Wild populations of papaya are generally confined to naturally disturbed tropical forest. Papaya is found in abundance on Everglades hammocks following major hurricanes, but is otherwise infrequent. Papaya plants grow in three sexes: male, female, and hermaphrodite.
The male produces only pollen, never fruit. The female produces small, inedible fruits unless pollinated. The hermaphrodite can self-pollinate since its flowers contain both male stamens and female ovaries. Two kinds of papayas are commonly grown. Australia, these are called “red papaya” and “yellow papaw”, respectively.
Either kind, picked green, is called a “green papaya”. The large-fruited, red-fleshed ‘Maradol’, ‘Sunrise’, and ‘Caribbean Red’ papayas often sold in U. Carica papaya was the first transgenic fruit tree to have its genome sequenced. In 2018, global production of papayas was 13. Global papaya production grew significantly over the early 21st century, mainly as a result of increased production in India and demand by the United States.