Papaya Two kinds of papayas are commonly grown. One has sweet, red (or orangish) flesh, and the other has yellow flesh

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The papaya (from Carib via Spanish), papaw, or pawpaw is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, the sole species in the genus Carica of the plant family Caricaceae. It is native to the tropics of the Americas, perhaps from southern Mexico and neighboring Central America. It was first cultivated in Mexico

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