Carica

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Caricaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Carica

  • Description

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    Genus Description - Small trees with palmate, entire, or palmately compound leaves, without stipules, polygamous, dioecious or rarely monoecious. Male flowers on long, panicle-like cymes; female flowers on short, few-flowered cymes. Other characters typical of the family.

  • Distribution

    A genus of 22 species, naturally occurring from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. One species (C. papaya) is widely cultivated throughout the tropics for its edible fruits.

    México Mexico North America| Argentina South America|