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Carica papaya seed

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Carica papaya seed

LATIN NAME: Carica papaya

COMMON NAME: Papaya

Papaya is the fast, generous fruit tree of the warm lowlands, and a single plant will go from seed to its first ripe fruit within a year. The tall, unbranched trunk carries a crown of the large, deeply lobed leaves on long, hollow stalks, and the creamy, fragrant flowers and then the heavy clusters of the oval fruits hang along the upper trunk. The fruit ripens from green to gold and orange, with a soft, sweet, perfumed flesh around a central cavity of the round, black seeds. It is one of the most rewarding of the warm-climate fruit trees for the home grower.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The papaya has a strong presence in the plant science, mostly because of the enzyme papain that the latex of the unripe fruit carries. The enzyme has been worked on for a long time, and it is used commercially to tenderise meat, to clarify beer and to soften the other foods, so the chemistry here is well documented. The tree is also one of the few fruit crops with a fully worked-out breeding story, and the sex of the plants, the male, the female and the hermaphrodite forms, has been a classic subject of the genetics textbooks. Scientists keep turning to the papaya for the work on the tropical fruit improvement and the disease resistance, so the science is deep and ongoing.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The papaya is a serious tropical crop, and the ripe fruit is eaten fresh by the spoonful, sliced into the fruit salads or blended into the drinks, while the green fruit is cooked as a vegetable in the soups and the stews of the region. The seeds are sometimes dried and ground as a peppery seasoning, and the leaves and the fruit have a long traditional use in the warm-country kitchens. The tree grows fast, crops quickly and keeps producing through the warm season, and it has been written about in the horticultural and the food papers for its easy, reliable cropping. It is a fine, generous fruit tree for the warm garden.

The papaya is a fruit of the warm lowlands of the tropical America, and it has been carried around the warm world to become one of the most widely grown of the tropical fruits. The tree is short-lived but very productive, and a good plant will carry a heavy crop within its first year or two. The ripe fruit is rich in the vitamin C and the provitamin A, and the soft, orange flesh is eaten fresh or made into the drinks and the desserts. In some of the warm-country kitchens the dried seeds are used as a mild, peppery seasoning, and the green fruit is cooked as a vegetable. It is a fast, generous fruit tree that rewards the smallest warm corner.

Papaya seeds are easy to start, but they want to be fresh. Scoop the black seeds out of a ripe fruit, wash the slippery coating off them and sow them right away at a shallow depth in pots of moist, free-draining soil. Keep the pots in a warm, bright spot, water them gently, and the seedlings will be up within a couple of weeks. They grow fast, so pot them on early and give the young trees the sun, the warmth and the shelter from the cold. A warm corner is all they ask.

 

 

 

 

These seeds have been washed, cleaned, and dried in a sanitary facility and are ready for eating. They lend a great mustard like flavor to foods and also have health and medicinal benefits. Just add them to your pepper grinder.
Papaya seeds are said to have natural contraceptive properties.
They are so delicious and have an incomparable taste and texture.
They are on the world’s healthiest foods list!
Papaya can be used as a healthy and natural meat tenderizer!
Both green papaya fruit and the tree’s latex are rich in papain, a protease used for tenderizing meat and other proteins. Its ability to break down tough meat fibers was used for thousands of years by indigenous Americans. It is now included as a component in powdered meat tenderizers.
Papaya is a good source of nutrients such as provitamin A carotenoids, vitamin C, folate and dietary fiber. Papaya skin, pulp and seeds also contain a variety of phytochemicals including lycopene and polyphenols.
Papaya is frequently used as a hair conditioner.
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