Green Papaya fruits are diuritic, mild laxative and used as a vegetable too. Fruits are used in curing piles, dyspepsia of splleen and liver, digestive disorders, and skin blemishes. Face creams, dental paste and several types of medicines are prepared from papain.
Papaya, Carica papaya Did you know that Papaya, fruit of the plant Carica papaya, the wonder fruit of the tropics and subtropics, native of Mexico, introduced in India in the 16th century now with commercial production of 20 million tonnes covering 43% of the world supply? Papaya is a wonder fruit of the tropics and subtropics, of the plant Carica papaya - Madhukarkati. It is one of the 22 accepted species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae, originally a native of Mexico as a cross between two species of the genus carica, was introduced in India from Malacca (Portugal) in 1611 AD and is now widely grown in most states of India. It has many varieties grown in India of which the ten most popular ones are Pusa Dwarf, Pusa Majesty, Pusa Gaint, Pusa Delicious, Mahabindu, Solo, Ranchi, Coorg Honey Dew, Washington , and Taiwan-786. Cultivated in over...
