Summary

The papaya is a tropical American fruit.

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a tropical fruit with benefits beyond the tropics.Diversity (Basel).

Man slicing a papaya

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.Papaya leaf.

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American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.Latex allergy.

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