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*:
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> > ... 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*:
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> > ... the first fruit tree to have its genome deciphered ... 
> > Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carica_papaya>
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