Dineshji, Male flower of Papaya is eaten (fried) by Bodo tribal communities in Western Assam
Raju Das On Jan 2, 11:35 pm, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Caricaceae (carica family) » *Carica papaya* > > *KAIR-ih-kuh* -- from the Greek *karike*, a kind of fig - referring to > papaya's fig-like leaves > *puh-PIE-yuh* or *pap-EYE-yuh* -- possibly derived from the Caribbean word > for this plant > > *commonly known as*: melon tree, pawpaw, papaya, tree melon • Assamese: > অমৱতা amawata, অমিতা amita • Bengali: পেঁপে pempe • Gujarati: પપૈયો papayo, > પપૈયું papayun • Hindi: अरणड खरबुजा arand-kharbuza, पपैया papaiya, पपीता > papita • Kannada: ಪಪಾಯ papaya, ಪರಮ್ಗಿ paramgi • Konkani: पॉप्पाइ poppayi • > Malayalam: കപ്പങ്ങ kappanga, കൊപ്പക്കായ koppakkaaya • Manipuri: awathabi • > Marathi: पपयी pappayi, पोपय popay, पोपया popaya, poppayi, फोपयी phopayi • > Mizo: thingfanghma • Nepalese: पपिता papita • Oriya: amritobonda • Sanskrit: > एरण्ड कर्कटी erand karkati • Tamil: கனியாமணக்கு kaniyamanakku, பப்பாளி > pappali • Telugu: బొప్పాయి boppayi • Urdu: ارنڐ کهربجا arand kharbuza, پپيا > papaiya > > *Native to*: southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America > > *Edible use*: > > > ... unripe fruit (as VEGETABLE) eaten raw (as in salads), cooked usually in > > curries and stews > > ... ripe fruit (as FRUIT) eaten fresh > > ... black seeds are edible ... sometimes ground and used as a substitute > > for black pepper > > ... young leaves of papaya are steamed and eaten like spinach ... in some > > parts of Asia > > Quoted from Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_papaya> > > *some fact*: > > > > > ... the first fruit tree to have its genome deciphered ... > > Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_papaya> > > > > 2349291190_d02a3d3482_b.jpg > 152KViewDownload > > 329842525_cd95f7a747_b.jpg > 55KViewDownload > > 505612243_ecae83d1ce_b.jpg > 105KViewDownload > > 819499369_8829b3c29b_b.jpg > 68KViewDownload > > 864058278_b2b53289a3_b.jpg > 75KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
