Papaya is one of the fruit which is popular around the world for its availability and good taste. Also, for its natural medical benefits. I have seen my Mom always grow a papaya tree in our yard and we used to eat the fruit whole year around.
Green Papaya salad is also my favorite and also it's good going with any vegetable curry. I have seen people drink papaya juice and who don't know how useful it is for our skin. You can find a huge amount of usage of Papaya fruit, it's leaves and all on the internet. But, today I'm sharing what I have learned locally, from my family and how I have seen the usage.
Ripe papaya fruit is good for our guts. Also, full of different nutritions like fiber, Vitamin C and antioxidants. It improves digestion and helps to lower cholesterol and weight also.
I don't know if it's scientific or not but people say that green papaya can prevent Cancer and other skin diseases.
Papaya leaf extract can increase the level of platelets and can help fight 'Dengue fiver' and it's proven. As it's dengue season here in Bangladesh people are using this a lot.
I also don't know if it's true but people eat papaya flower to control blood sugar and say that it's good for the heart.
Papaya seeds are also good for guts, blood, and sugar.
Before coming to an end of any conclusion I want to say one more time that I don't know if those are proven or not but I have seen people use papaya for treating different things. Please do your own research on this.
You can find ready-made papaya pills on the markets also if the tree is not available around you.
Growing a papaya tree doesn't require much effort and it can give fruits all year round. My Mom got two papaya trees right now. But unfortunately one of them is a male tree which can't produce any fruit but she keeps it for the leaf and flowers. ha ha ha...
All photos are captured by me from my Mom's yard.
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