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Carica papaya L. Vasconcellea pubescens A. DC. Caricaceae

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Carica papaya L.: Carica bourgeaei Solms; Carica citriformis Jacq.; Carica cubensis Solms; Carica hermaphrodita Blanco; Carica jamaicensis Urb.; Carica jimenezii (Bertoni) Bertoni; Carica mamaya Vell.; Carica papaya fo. mamaya Stellfeld; Carica papaya fo. portoricensis Solms; Carica papaya var. bady Aké Assi; Carica papaya var. jumenezii Bertoni; Carica peltata Hook & Arn.; Carica pinnatifida Heilborn; Carica portoricensis (Solms) Urb.; Carica posoposa L.; Carica rochefortii Solms; Carica sativa Tussac; Papaya bourgeaei (Solms) Kuntze; Papaya carica Gaertn.; Papaya cimmarrona Sint. ex Kuntze; Papaya citriformis (Jacq.) A. DC.; Papaya communis Noronha; Papaya cubensis (Solms) Kunzte; Papaya cucumerina Noronha; Papaya edulis Bojer; Papaya edulis var. macrocarpa Bojer; Papaya edulis var. pyriformis Bojer; Papaya hermaphrodita Blanco; Papaya papaya (L.) H. Karst; Papaya peltata (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze; Papaya rochefortii (Solms) Kuntze; Papaya sativa Tuss.; Papaya vulgaris DC.; Vasconcellea peltata (Hook. & Arn.) A. DC.

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Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Bussmann, R.W., Romero, C. (2020). Carica papaya L. Vasconcellea pubescens A. DC. Caricaceae. In: Paniagua-Zambrana, N., Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Andes. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77093-2_57-1

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