Out of the flower comes the fruit, as is the case with many fruits, if not all of them!
Here is my first papaya fruit that I thought I would share with you Steemians!
Mature Papaya Plant
(Cite: http://www.spicesmedicinalherbs.com/carica-papaya.html)
Mature Papaya Fruit
(Cite: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-papaya-diseases.htm)
Here is an interesting article I found on "13 Surprising Benefits of Eating Papaya" I will leave for you:
https://www.organicfacts.net/health-benefits/fruit/health-benefits-of-papaya.html
I will be sure to post updates when it gets bigger!
Thanks for stopping by,
I find papaya pretty disgusting, but that's a lovely photo!
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Haha! Some people do, I used to. For me, it's the smell. If you can get past the smell of a ripe papaya and focus on the flavor, wow it's great! Also it begins to grow mold as it ripens (that can be off-putting for sure!)
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Yeah, it's definitely the smell for me! Maybe I'll buy some and put a peg on my nose...
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Haha!
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When I was living in California I asked myself how people could eat papayas that were shipped in form Hawaii, they really tasted bad but now that I live on Hawai'i Island I eat them every day! That first impression of a fruit made me think I didn't like papayas and I thought I'd never buy them again but now they are growing at the eco village I live at so I can eat huge ones for free!
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That's awesome! Same thing for me. I ate a bad papaya in the U.S. and then lived in Venezuela for a while and ate them regularly and drank smoothies.
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YES DUDE!
I also got a papaya tree and I did not know if it was going to give fruits or not. But the flowers are identical, I guess is just a matter of time :D
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Where are you? Make sure you give it plenty of water during rainy season! (if it's not raining enough)
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It really depends on the gender of the Papaya plant itself. Females produce average sized fruit where hermaphrodites produce the largest fruit. I don't know if males produce fruit but that's just a google search away...
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Males don't produce fruit
Source: a gardener that came to my house
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Right, the males send off like long shoots, it's easy to tell if it's a male. Didn't know that hemaphrodites produced bigger fruits, that's interesting!
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What do you mean long shoots?
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You know, like long stem-like things. Hard to explain lol
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You mean the tree branch ? Or the little things that spawn the flowers?
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It has! I am on Venezuela and it gets all the conditions it needs to grow: sunlight, lots of water and good soil
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Mi primo! Épale! Qué fue mijo! jaja
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Epale! Jajajaja
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De qué parte de Venezuela eres?
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Caracas! Y tu de donde eres ? :o
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Yo soy de Illinois, EEUU pero mi esposa es de Maracaibo. :D
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