Family Caricaceae Higher classification Caricaceae | Scientific name Carica Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Papaya, Carica jamaicensis |
The papaya plant and fruit carica papaya hd video
Carica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caricaceae including C. papaya, the papaya (syn. C. peltata, C. posoposa), a widely cultivated fruit tree native to the American tropics.
Contents
- The papaya plant and fruit carica papaya hd video
- Preparation of carica papaya extract
- Species
- Species previously in the genus
- References

The genus was formerly treated as including about 20-25 species of short-lived evergreen pachycaul shrubs or small trees growing to 5–10 m tall, native to tropical Central and South America, but recent genetic evidence has resulted in all of these species other than C. papaya being reclassified into three other genera.

Preparation of carica papaya extract
Species
Species previously in the genus

Most of the other species have been transferred to the genus Vasconcellea, with a few to the genera Jacaratia and Jarilla, as follows:

References
Carica Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA