Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caricaceae | Genus: Carica | Species: Carica papaya Linn.( पपीता ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Papaya Edulis Bojer, Papaya Sativa Tuss., Papaya Cimarrona Sint. Ex Kuntze | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Papaya | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Papaya, Melon Tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Fruiting Period | April-June | |
| Altitude | Upto 1500-3000m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a berry, large, furrowed, green, orange to bright orange when ripe, succulent |
| Habitat | Usually cultivated for its edible fruits sometimes met as an escape | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Salvador | Bark Details | A soft wooded, herbaceous tree with weak succulent trunk and milky sap never develops true bark |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | Small trees up to10 m tall. Stem simple, with stipulate scars helically arranged.Leaf palmate. Flower in clusters, sessile; calyx small; corolla tube long, creamy yellow. Stamens 10, in two whorls. Stigma lobes fimbriate, c. 6 mm long. Fruit large spherical or pyriform usually, turning yellow or orange with yellow or orange flesh. Seeds black, wrinkled, oval in shape. | Leaf Details | Leaves palmately lobed, 7-9 lobed |
