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Papaya

Papaya tree and fruit, from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887)

Scientific classification
| Kingdom:  | Plantae

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Division:  | Magnoliophyta

Class:  | Magnoliopsida

Order:  | Brassicales

Family:  | Caricaceae

Genus:  | Carica

Species:  | C. papaya

Binomial name
Carica papaya

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