Carica papaya L.

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Carica papaya L. Sp. PI. 1036. 1753./
The “Papaya” has become well established in Hanapepe
yalley, Kauai, The fruit is yellow when ripe, and in shape
and size very much like that of the “egg plant”, commonly
. found in our markets. The female flowers, and consequently.
the fruit also, are sessile and clustered at/the base of the lowest
leaves, while the male flowers are-on lbng peduncles which
spring from the axils of-the leaves above. It has a palm-like
growth, the soft, scarcely, woody trunk often six inches in
diameter, and thickly ^studded with the scars of fallen leaves.
The milky juice is said to possess properties similar to pepsin.
July to October (26i8)j original locality “ip. Indii^”, :
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
COLLECTED ON THE ISLAND OF KAUAI, ALONG THE HANAPEPE
RIVER, NEAR THE FALLS,
By A. A. Heller, July 24,
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HERBARIUM
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
NEW YORK.
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