Classic texts: King's 1898.
Carica papaya
Carica papaya L.
Engl.: papaya, mamaeiro, melon-tree, papaw, pawpaw, true papaw.
Deu.: Papaya, Baummelone, Melonenbaum, Papaja, Papajabaum.
Suom.: papaija.
Sven.: papaya, melonträd.
Bot. syn.: Carica citriformis Jacq., Carica posopora L., Papaya carica Gaertn., Papaya citriformis (Jacq.) A. DC., Papaya vulgaris DC.
Varieties.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1881. How milk should be taken, Forest culture, Wintergreen as an antiseptic, Oil of Cajeput in Eczema, Chaulmoogra and Gurjun oil in leprosy, Kava kava in gonorrhoea, Eucalyptus in chronic diseases of the stomach, Poultice of Jaborandi, Papain for Taenia, Apocynum cannabinum in Anasarca, Dessicated ox blood and hemoglobin, Sugar of milk as a laxative, Action of conine.