. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. ica Papaya), a South Americantree of the natural order Papayacece—of which 240 order about 30 species are known—which has nowbeen introduced into many tropical and subtropicalcountries. It grows to tlae height of 15—30 feet,with leaves only at the top, where also the fruitgrows close to the stem. The leaves are 20—30inches long. The fruit is of a green colour, verysimilar in appearance to a small melon, and witha somewhat similar flavour. It is eaten either rawor boiled. The seeds are round aud black, andwhen chewed
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. ica Papaya), a South Americantree of the natural order Papayacece—of which 240 order about 30 species are known—which has nowbeen introduced into many tropical and subtropicalcountries. It grows to tlae height of 15—30 feet,with leaves only at the top, where also the fruitgrows close to the stem. The leaves are 20—30inches long. The fruit is of a green colour, verysimilar in appearance to a small melon, and witha somewhat similar flavour. It is eaten either rawor boiled. The seeds are round aud black, andwhen chewed, have in a high degree the pungencyof cresses. The powdered seeds and the juice ofthe unripe fruit are most powerful anthelmintics,A constituent of this juice is Fihrine, otherwiseimknown in tlie vegetable kingdom, except in theFungi. The milky juice of the tree is very leaves are used by negroes instead of soap towash linen. The juice of the fruit aud the sapof the tree have the singular property of renderingthe toughest meat tender in a short time. Evea. Papaw Tree (Carica Papaya). the exhalations fiom the tree have this property;and joints of meat, fowls, &c., are hung among itsbranches to prepare them for the table. It is atree of extremely rapid gro^vth, bears fruit all theyear, and is exceedingly prolific. The fruit isoften cooked in various ways.—The Chamhuru (), another species of the same genus, anative of Brazil, is remarkable for the extremelyacrid and poisonous character of its juice, and thedisgusting stercoraceous odour of its flowers.—Inthe middle and southern states of America the nameP. is given to the Uvaria (or Asimina) triloba, asmall tree of the natural order Anonacece, the fruitof which, a large oval berry, three inches long, iseaten by negroes, but not generally relished byothers. All parts of the plant have a rank smell. PAPENBURG, a small town of Hanover, in thebailiwick of Osnabriick, on a canal navigable forsea-goiug
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