Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carica papaya L. [Caricaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aanabahe-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ababa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
abábaü	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
adiba	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akka thangi hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akpakpa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
akunyanyela	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
amba-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amema	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
anbah hindi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
andakharbuja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
apappaya-pazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arand kharbuza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arandkharbuza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ayolé	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
babaya	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
babog fruta bomba	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
bapaipundoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bappangaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bappangayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bappayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bappayya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bataamaal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
betek	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
betik	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bobbasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
booppamkaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boppaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boppai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boppasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boppayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boppayi-hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boppayi-pandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boppayya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boppe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
borofer	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
borofere	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
borosuow	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
brahmairandah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buruku-mani	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
caricae papayae folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
caricae papayae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
caricae papayae succus	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chamburu	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
chirbhita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chomchhadersi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ch´ich´put	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
cittamukkicam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittamukkikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
colra	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
conkarikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
conkarikamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crot-kyeei	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
dipapayi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
erand-karkati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
eranda karkati	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
erandachirbhata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erandachirbhita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erandakarakati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erandakarkati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
etighi-mbakara	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
faifai	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
fan mu gua	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ffafy	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
fifaiy	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
folha de mamão	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
fruta bomba	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
fruta bomba macho	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
gas labu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
go	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
gondele	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
goppe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goppe hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goppen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gwanda	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
gwandau	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
gwandu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
higo de mastuero	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hla-crote kyee	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ibepe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
kaniyamanakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaplam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kappalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kariyamanakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karmmatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karmmos	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karmmosu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karmmusu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karmosu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpakkini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karpakkinimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karumusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karutha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kepaya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ketela	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kodipappali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kpakpa	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
kpinman	Other	Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
kuntaia	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lechosa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
madana anapa chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madana-anapakaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madanaanapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madananaba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhukarkati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhurnakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhurnakamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mak-sang-hpaw	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mamoeira	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
mamoeiro	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mamon	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mamão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mamão-macho	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
mamón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
mamón macho	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
mansi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mapaya	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
melon tree	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
melonenbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
melonenbaumblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
mewa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mummy apple	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
naattupappali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalikadala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nda karbhooja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
okworo-beke	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
omita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ommai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pa- paya	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pabda	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
pangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papaia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
papain	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
papain.	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
papainum	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
papainum crudum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
papaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
papajabaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
papajamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papajapflanze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
papal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papaw	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
papaw tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
papay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papaya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat (Nasir et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
papaya leaf	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
papaya tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
papayer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
papayero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
papayu	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
papeeta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat (Nasir et al., 2014)
papita	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
papita desi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papitaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
papitaa desi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
papiteh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
papitha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papol	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
pappaali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pappaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappali	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappali-pazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappalikaimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappalippal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappangaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappangaye	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappangayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappaya-pazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappayambalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappayampazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pappayi-pazham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappelasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pappita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parangi hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parangi hannu mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parangi mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parangimara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parangiyamanakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paranjihannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parankiyamanakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parindhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paringi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paw paw	Other	Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pawaw tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pawpaw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
payi payi	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
pepaya	Other	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pepe	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
pepiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peragi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perinji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petik	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pharangi-hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phengse	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
piranji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
popai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
popaiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
popaiya or popaiyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
popaiyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poppaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poppayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poppoia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puppali pullum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
santong	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sayinbo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
tamarand	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
twas	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
ulmak	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
umbalay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
đu đủ	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
بابايا‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
پپیته	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ගස්ලබු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
පැපොල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫باباظ	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
番木瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
番木瓜叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seeds		Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015)
leaf	leaf juice	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaves, fruits, seeds		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012)
	purified proteolytic substance	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Leaf, Fruit	Fruit juice	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Fruit, Latex of trunk, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Fruit, leaves, seeds, milky sap		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fruit, latex, leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, seeds, sap		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
Fruit		The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Fruit, seed, sap, leaf, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Fruit pulp, seeds, roots, leaves		Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat (Nasir et al., 2014)
leaf, root	yellow leaf	Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013)
flower		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
leaves		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
roots	dry roots	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
fruit, látex, seed, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
fruit, seed, leaf, latex	ripe fruit, juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016)
leaf, fruit		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
root, fruit, flower		Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Leaf, flower		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
seed	dried seeds	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
flower, fruit	vegetal drug, fluid extract, latex	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
fruit, leaf, sap		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
fruit, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruit, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Bark (Stem), Leaf		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Flowers, Fruit + seed, Leaf latex, Leaf		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
	purified proteolytic substance	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carica citriformis J.Jacq. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 905 (1826).
Carica cubensis Solms in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(3): 177 (1889).
Carica hermaphrodita Blanco Fl. Filip.: 205 (1837).
Carica jamaicensis Urb. Symb. Antill. 6: 20 (1909).
Carica jimenezii Bertoni Agronomía (Puerto Bertoni) 5(7): 259 (1913).
Carica mamaya Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 131 (1829).
Carica papaya var. bady Aké Assi Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 31: 307 (1961).
Carica papaya f. correae Solms in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(3): 188 (1889).
Carica papaya f. ernstii Solms in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(3): 189 (1889).
Carica papaya var. jimenezii Bertoni Agronomía (Puerto Bertoni) 5(7): 286 (1913).
Carica papaya f. mamaya (Vell.) Stellfeld Tribuna Farm. 15: 185 (1947).
Carica papaya f. portoricensis (Urb.) Solms Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 47: 774 (1889).
Carica peltata Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 425 (1840).
Carica pinnatifida Heilborn Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 30: 224 (1936).
Carica portoricensis Urb. Symb. Antill. 4: 428 (1910).
Carica posopora L. Sp. Pl.: 1036 (1753).
Carica pyriformis Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 815 (1806).
Carica rochefortii Solms Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 47: 764 (1889).
Carica sativa Tussac Fl. Antill. 3: 45 (1824).
Papaya carica Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: t. 122 (1791).
Papaya citriformis (J.Jacq. ex Spreng.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 414 (1864).
Papaya communis Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 23 (1790), nom. nud.
Papaya cubensis (Solms) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891).
Papaya cucumerina Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 23 (1790), nom. nud.
Papaya edulis Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 277 (1837).
Papaya papaya (L.) H.Karst. Ill. Repert. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 894 (1886), not validly publ.
Papaya peltata (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891).
Papaya posopora (L.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 3 (1804).
Papaya pyriformis (Willd.) Baill. Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 835 (1884).
Papaya rochefortii (Solms) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891).
Papaya sativa Tussac Fl. Antill. 3: 45 (1825).
Papaya vulgaris DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 2 (1804).
Vasconcellea peltata (Hook. & Arn.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 416 (1864).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carica Papaya	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Carica papapya	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Carica papaya	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herb. Med. in Malaria Mgmt., Nigeria (Olorunniyi & Morenikeji, 2013) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Carica papaya (Linn)	Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat (Nasir et al., 2014)
Carica papaya L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used in Malaria Mgmt. in S Benin (Lagnika et al., 2016) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012) Med. Pl. of the Achuar, Ecuador (Giovannini, 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Carica papaya Linn.	Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Méd. de Douala, Cameroun (Dibong et al., 2011) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Carica papaya Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Carica papaya Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
Carica pepaya	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
carica papaya	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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