●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Fruits and vegetables play an important role in keeping us healthy . The colourful & tasty eatables are rich in nutrients. They are really like a blessing to humans. Today,we talk about Papaya. Papaya is a deliciously sweet fruit and was reputably called the "fruit of the angels" by Christopher Columbus. Although there is a slight seasonal peak in early summer and fall, papaya trees produce fruit year round. Carica papaya, the widely cultivated papaya (also called papaw or pawpaw), a tropical fruit tree.There are varieties of papaya like mountain papaya (Vasconcellea pubescens) of South America, Eastern North American tree (and fruit) called "pawpaw"(Asimina triloba). Not to be confused with Chaenomeles speciosa (flowering quince) or Pseudocydonia chinensis (Chinese quince), which like Carica papaya are sometimes called mugua. Papaya Papaya cross section Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperm