Papaya extract seems to have a toxic effect on cancer cells in culture, suggesting a potential treatment. Scientists documented for the first time that papaya leaf extract boosts the production of key ...

Hawaiian farmers grow two main types of papaya: a red-fleshed and a yellow-fleshed variety. These sweet papayas grow on the eastern slope of the Big Island, the Hilo side, famous for Kilauea’s fiery ...

When was the last time you ate a papaya? Last summer, last week, never? So why not take a taste of the tropics! The papaya is believed to be native to southern Mexico through the Andes of South ...

For many decades, researchers thought the closest relatives of papaya were certain trees from the Andes, the so-called highland papayas. A study employing DNA sequences from all species of the papaya ...

The papaya is believed to be native to southern Mexico through the Andes of South America. In the 1800's, papaya was introduced into Hawaii, and the early 20th century it was introduced in Florida.

Bite into a papaya and you get a treasure trove of nutrients in one tasty fruit. One cup of papaya contains more vitamin C than an orange, an antioxidant that helps keep the immune system strong and ...

For decades, researchers thought the closest relatives of papaya were certain trees from the Andes. A study using DNA sequences from all species of the papaya family instead revealed that the closest ...