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Phuket Gardening: I say paw-paw, you say papaya

PHUKET: When I was young, papayas (pronounced papaiya) were considered very exotic, rarities that occasionally came along with other fresh fruit – mangoes and kiwi fruit, at the end of an expensive dinner. Here papayas (stress on [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Carica Papaya

The family name of this plant is Caricaceae. With the spirally arranged leaves, it is a small-unbranched tree, single stem growing to 5-10 m tall, with the spirally arranged leaves; the lower trunk is conspicuously scarred with the leaf. Th [...]

Posted On : Jun, 13 2007 | Comments : 0

Papaya tree

I once had a chance of living in a house with a papaya tree. It is so uniquely different in its own way. It is very thing long and slender over all, with the whole bare stem until it reaches the top where there are a few big leaves and und [...]