Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Caricaceae | Genus: Carica | Species: Carica papaya L. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Papaya vulgaris, Papaya sativa | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Pawpaw, Papaya, Tree melon, Papita | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Papaya, Melon Tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Awathabi | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | 1500-3000 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit large, furrowed, green, orange to bright orange when ripe, succulent |
| Habitat | Occurs in secondary forest and also cultivated | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos and Malaysia | Bark Details | A soft wooded, herbaceous tree with weak succulent trunk and milky sap never develops true bark |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | Erect, fast-growing, usually unbranched tree or shrub, 7-8 m tall, with copious latex, trunk about 20 cm in diameter | Leaf Details | Leaves palmately lobed, 7-9 lobed petiole upto 60 cm long or more |
