Carica
thumb|Buds Carica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caricaceae including the papaya (C. papaya syn. C. peltata, C. posoposa), a widely cultivated fruit tree native to the American tropics.
Species
Crested Caracara
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBrassicales
- FamilyCaricaceae
Observations63,830
Observations recorded29,379
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Research
2,864 papers- Therapeutic application of Carica papaya leaf extract in the management of human diseases.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2020
- Carica papaya in Cancer Prevention: An Overview.
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Article
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Species
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thumb|Buds Carica is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caricaceae including the papaya (C. papaya syn. C. peltata, C. posoposa), a widely cultivated fruit tree native to the American tropics.
The genus was formerly treated as including about 20-25 species of short-lived evergreen pachycaul shrubs or small trees growing to 5–10 m tall, native to tropical Central and South America, but recent genetic evidence has resulted in all of these species other than C. papaya being reclassified into three other genera.