Species notes
About Carica papaya
Carica papaya (also recorded as Papaw) is an accepted species in the family Caricaceae, within the order Brassicales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, and Bangladesh. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Common name
- Papaw
- Family
- Caricaceae
- Order
- Brassicales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Field photographs
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