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Article: Multipurpose papaya earns [a.sup.+] in nutrition.
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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The Folklore. Grown worldwide in tropical climates, papaya (Carica papaya) is believed to have originated in Mexico and Central America. When cut, the unripe fruit and leaves ooze a milky latex that's been used for centuries to treat worms and parasites as well as to make a poultice for warts and freckles.
The Facts. Though it resembles a tree, a papaya plant is actually an overgrown herb, known as an herbaceous perennial. Eventually, it grows to 20 to 30 feet, producing melon-like oval fruits six to 20 inches long.
Especially sensitive to frost and viruses, commercial papaya production in the U.S. is limited to Hawaii, where a viral outbreak threatened its future ...
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Article: Eat this! GM papaya from Monsanto
The Hindustan Times;
October 25, 2007 ;
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......Supreme Court consents, India will have a transgenic papaya that is resistant to papaya ring spot virus, which is found all over the country...royalty-free license of its genetically modified papaya to the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University on Tuesday...
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