Papaya

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Papaya
Papaya tree and fruit, from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Brassicales Family: Caricaceae Genus: Carica Species: C. papaya
Binomial name
Carica papaya L.

The papaya is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, in the genus Carica.