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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Caricaceae (パパイア科) > Carica papaya
Caricaceae Dumort. (パパイア), Family PapayaCarica L. (パパイア), papayaOne of 21 species introduced to Japan that is:C. papaya L. Papaia (パパイア/パパイヤ, 蕃瓜樹/万寿果), papaya パパヤ, モッカ(木瓜), チチウリ(乳瓜) Lifeform: herbaceous, evergreen, short tree with 5-10 m in height |
Distribution: southern Mexico - West Indies
cultivated broadly in tropical regions, including the southern parts of Japan Habitat: not known as a truly wild plant, often escaped from the cultivated areasUse: edible fruit used as fruit and vegetable Synonyms (merged into C. papaya):
Carica peltata Hook. et Arn. |
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[1/2] in the glasshouse of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 17 2022.