Papaya Cultivation Guide
Papaya Cultivation Papaya or Carica papaya Linn. , grows in the Philippines due to it's tropical climate. The plant has three sexes: male, female, hermaphrodite. The male produces only pollen for the female flowers and do not fruit. The female will produce small, inedible fruits if not pollinated. Commercial papaya orchard has grown hermaphrodite variety for purpose of easy pollination and productivity. Papaya originated from tropical America but in the Philippines, it was one of the most important fruit crops due to its export value and potential. Papaya is nutrient rich fruit with Ascorbic acid and Vitamin A, protein, carbohydrate, phosphorous, iron, and calcium. Unripe papaya contains enzyme papain that oozes out of the papaya fruit in a form of latex and is traditionally used as a meat tenderizer. Papain is now being used as main ingredient of numerous skin whitening products like lotion and soap, softening of woolens, toothpaste additive, and beer processing. Although unco...