Carica papaya L.

• Family: Caricaceae
• Vernacular names: Kappalanga, Omakkay, Pappaya, കപ്പളങ്ങ, ഓമക്കായ്, പപ്പായ (Malayalam), Papaw tree (English), Erandakarkati, (Sanskrit), Papaya (Hindi), Pappayi (Tamil)
• Distribution: Native of Tropical America; cultivated in the tropics and subtropics
• Description: Small trees. Leaves large, palmately lobed, apex acute. Plants dioecious or monoecious; flowers fragrant, yellowish-white. Fruit large spherical or pyriform, turning yellow or orange; seeds black, wrinkled, each enclosed in gelatinous membrane, oval in shape.
• Habit: Tree
• Habitat: Cultivated in homesteads
• Flowering & Fruiting: Throughout the year

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• Parts used: Fruits, seeds, leaves and latex
• Properties & Uses: Digestive, anthelmintic, anti-inflammatory, carminative and diuretic. It is also useful in bleeding piles, dysentery, fever and urinary concretions. Seeds are abortifacient and vermifuge. seeds administered in enlarged liver, spleen and in bleeding piles. Leaves are used for dressing wounds and relieve sores. The flowers are used to treat jaundice.
• Systems of Medicines: Folk, Unani, Homeo,
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