Upopo

I-IPapaya upopo, noma i-papaw   iyizinhlobo zezitshalo ze -Carica papaya, enye yezinhlobo ezingama-21 ezamukelekayo kuhlobo lwe genus Carica emndenini we-Caricaceae. upapaw yilo igama lesithelo sayo. Yaqala ukutshalwa eMesoamerica, eningizimu neMexico ezikhathini zamanje kanye naphakathi ne Melika . Itshalwa emazweni amaningana ezifundeni ezinesimo sezulu ezifudumele. Ngo-2024, i-Indiya yayiwumkhiqizi oholayo, yahlanganisa u-36% kwisibalo somhlaba.

Igama elithi I-papaya lisuselwa kwelithi Caribbean Taíno "paapaía" futhi liyigama lesitshalo. Ezinye izazi zithi leli gama livela egameni lesiMayani elithi "páapay-ya", elisho ukuthi "I-sapote emhlophe". Kodwa-ke, igama elivame kakhulu yI-Taíno, yize kungenzeka ukuthi zombili izizinda zamagama zihlobene. Igama elithi papaw noma pawpaw lisetshenziselwa ukubiza  isithelo kuphela kwezinye izifunda , lelo gama livame ukubhekisela ku-I-Asimina triloba, isihlahla nesithelo okuingahlobene.Morton JF (1987). 

I-papaya iyisitshalo esikhulu esinamakhambi, ngokuvamile esinesiqu esisodwa esikhula kusuka kumamitha amahlanu kuya kwayishumi (16 kuya ku-33ft)  ubude, namaqabunga ahlelwe ngendlela esontekile aphezulu esiqwini. isiqu esingaphansi sinemigqa ebonakalayo lapho amaqabunga nezithelo kutholakala khona. Amaqabunga makhulu, awu50-70 wamasentimitha  ubukhulu, anamaloba ajulile agxila  ayisikhombisa. Zonke izingxenye zezitshalo ziqukethe i-latex kuma-laticifers ahlanganisiwe.

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