Classification

Regnum                      : Plantae

Divisio                        : Magnoliophyta

Classis                         : Magnoliopsida

Ordo                            : Cistales

Familia                        : Caricaceae

Genus                          : Carica

Species                        : Carica papaya L.

Synonym                    : Carica bourgeaui Solms

                                        Carica citriformis J.Jacq. ex Spreng.

                                        Carica citriformis Jacq.

                                        Carica cubensis Solms

                                        Carica hermaphrodita Blanco

                                        Carica jamaicensis Urb.

                                        Carica jimenezii Bertoni

                                        Carica mamaya Vell.

                                        Carica papaya f. correae Solms

                                        Carica papaya f. ernstii Solms

                                        Carica papaya f. mamaya (Vell.) Stellfeld

                                        Carica papaya f. portoricensis (Urb.) Solms

                                        Carica peltata Hook. & Arn.

                                        Carica pinnatifida Heilborn

                                        Carica portoricensis Urb.

                                        Carica posopora L.

                                        Carica rochefortii Solms

                                        Carica sativa Tussac

                                        Papaya bourgeaei (Solms) Kuntze

                                        Papaya carica Gaertn.

                                        Papaya cimarrona Sint. ex Kuntze

                                        Papaya citriformis (Jacq.) A. DC.

                                        Papaya communis Noronha

                                        Papaya cubensis (Solms) Kuntze

                                        Papaya cucumerina Noronha

                                        Papaya edulis Bojer

                                        Papaya hermaphrodita Blanco

                                        Papaya papaya (L.) H. Karst.

                                        Papaya peltata (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze

                                        Papaya pyriformis Baill.

                                        Papaya rochefortii (Solms) Kuntze

                                        Papaya sativa Tuss.

                                        Papaya vulgaris A. DC.

                                        Vasconcellea peltata (Hook. & Arn.) A. DC.

Vernacular Name    : Pepaya, Pawpaw, Melon tree, Papaya, Papaw,

                                        Papaya tree, Papaia, Papaw tree

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