Sunday, October 25, 2020

Interesting facts about PAPAYA

                              Papaya 

 Papaya, a fruit found in every season, which is excellent in taste, along with the amount of nutritious elements is also present in it. People who usually go to office and eat fruits often eat it as lunch. Doctors also recommend eating papaya, because it is very beneficial in curing other diseases of the body including your stomach. Here you are being informed about all the health benefits of consuming papaya, which after reading it, you hardly remain without consuming this fruit.



Introduction of papaya

Papaya is a fruit that can be found anywhere very easily. You can even apply there when there is a little space around the house. Papaya can be eaten raw or cooked in both stages. It is used as a treatment for many diseases due to the medicinal properties of raw or ripe papaya.

Papaya is a native of Mexico. However, it also grows naturally in the Caribbean and Florida.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, India produces more than 5 million tonnes of papaya in 2013.

It can be added to salads, smoothies and other dishes.


Due to the nutritional properties of papaya in Ayurveda, it is used as a medicine for many diseases like diarrhea, tongue wounds, ringworm, inflammation, along with tooth and throat pain. Let us know in detail about this further.

As already discussed, papaya trees are light, small and easy to grow. Its fruits are of different sizes, spherical or cylindrical, green in raw condition and yellow after ripening. Inside the fruit are seeds like black gray colored marich. Its fruit is yellow and sweet when cooked. Even if there is a mild scratch in any part of this plant, milk-like substance starts coming out, which is called Akshir.


Papaya is raw or cooked, it has so many minerals, vitamins, protein, energy etc. that it proves beneficial for many diseases. Papaya is bitter, hot, spicy, reduces phlegm and vata by nature and is quick to digest. The milk produced by cutting its alkaline or raw papaya is digestive.



The raw fruit of papaya is slightly bitter and sweet. And ripe fruit is sweet, reduces bile, reduces pain of inflammation, reduces vata as well as purifies blood. It is a toxin, force enhancer, sweat extractor and leprosy.


If you wish, you can make papaya as a fruit salad or papaya shake. It is also used as a smoothie by many people. Let us now know about the benefits of this.

1. Papaya is a tropical fruit tree and is also famous as papav and papav.

2. Papaya originated in tropical regions of America.

3. Papaya originated in tropical regions of America.

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4. There was a time when papaya was considered an exotic fruit as it was found in Mexico and Central America.

5. Papaya fruit is actually a big berry.

6. Papaya tree grows anywhere between 5 meters to 10 meters.


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7. It is a fast growing tree and can give fruits within 6 months to 12 months.

8. The lower trunk is full of scars.

9. Female flowers of papaya have superior ovary attached at the base. The leaves of papaya tree are big and green.

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10. Papaya is a flowering plant. They produce white flowers that have five petals.

11. There are usually two variants of papaya (Hawaiian papaya and Mexican papaya) which are cultivated and sold worldwide.

12. Aerial papaya is small and has a pear shape.

The air papaya is small and has a pear shape

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13. Papaya trees do not have branches.

14. The leaves of papaya trees grow on petioles which are almost horizontal.

15. Every part of the papaya tree has latex.

Every part of the papaya tree has latex.

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16. The fruits of undercooked green papaya and even papaya leaves contain an enzyme.

17. Papaya black seeds have a strong and spicy taste.

18. After becoming familiar with the islands through the Manila Galras, papaya became part of Filipino cuisine.


Name of Papaya in other languages

The botanical name of papaya is Carica papaya Linn. (Carica papaya) Syn-Papaya carica Gaertn. Papaya is of Caricaceae (Caricaceae) clan. Papaya is called Papaya (Papaya) in English. But in other provinces of India, papaya is called by different names.


Papaya in-


Sanskrit-castor, Brahmarand

English- Papaya, Popaya

Kannada-Parangimara, Goppe

Gujrati-papayi, Chibda

Telugu-Boppayi, Madhurnakamu

Tamil- Pappayi, Parangiyamanakku

Bengali- Papiya, Papeya

Nepali-Mewa (Mewa)

Panjabi-Arandkharbuza, Kharbuja

Marathi-papaya

Malayalam-Kappalam

English-Melon tree, Tree-melon

Arbi-Aanaabahehindi, Amba-Hindi

Persian-Ambahindi




How to eat papaya - 


You can make fruit salad with papaya, pineapple and mango.

Drink papaya mixed with lemon water, ice tea or water. This can make you feel refreshed.

Raw papaya can be eaten with mangoes, gelpino, red chillies and other spices. It can also be eaten with fish.

Mix cold papaya with other fruit juice or smoothie. You can eat it with pineapple juice, banana and yogurt.



translate Nutrition-rich papaya is effective in keeping many diseases away. Everyone is advised to eat papaya for people struggling with digestion or loss of appetite. Whether papaya is ripe or raw, it has many benefits, but sometimes its excess can also be harmful. Peeta is a fruit that is rich in nutrition, it also has many medicinal properties. Due to these qualities, it has its own special identity. Whether raw papaya or cooked, both are beneficial in terms of health. Papaya contains vitamin A, vitamin C, niacin, magnesium, carotene, fiber, folate, potassium, copper, calcium, and a variety of antioxidants. Papaya also contains some amount of protein and carbohydrates. A small papaya contains about 60 calories.

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Interesting facts about PAPAYA

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