This article is about Carica papaya, the widely cultivated papaya (also called papaw or pawpaw), a tropical fruit tree. For the mountain papaya of South America, see Mountain papaya. For the Eastern North American tree (and fruit) called "pawpaw", see Asimina triloba. For other uses, see Papaya (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Chaenomeles speciosa (flowering quince) or Pseudocydonia chinensis (Chinese quince), which like Carica papaya are sometimes called mugua.an amazing fruit with vitamin...