papaya family
Caricaceae
The Caricaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales, found primarily in tropical regions of Central and South America and Africa. They are short-lived evergreen pachycaul shrubs or small trees growing to 5–10 m tall. One species, Vasconcellea horovitziana is a liana and the three species of the genus Jarilla are herbs. Some species bear edible fruit and produce papain....
6 branches of this family, most-observed first
Papaya
genusCarica
Vasconcellea
genusVasconcellea
Jacaratia
genusJacaratia
Jarilla
genusJarilla
Cylicomorpha
genusCylicomorpha
Horovitzia
genusHorovitzia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62822.