Gas labu/ Papol (Papaya)

Scientific name:	Carica papaya *
Family name:	CARICACEAE
English name:	Papaya
Local name:	Gas labu/ Papol
Description:	Small tree to about 5(-7) m tall; stems usually, hollow, leaf scars prominent. Leaf lamina to about 75 cm long and broad, palmately (3) 7-11 (-13)-lobed; petiole hollow, to about 100 cm long. Inflorescences or single flowers, staminate or pistillate, ppear in the leaf axils. Flowers fragrant; corolla greenish yellow. Fruit a fleshy berry, varying in size, yellow-green when ripe; up to 750 seeds. Seeds yellowish brown to black, about 7 mm diameter.
Status:	Only under cultivation
Edible parts:	Fruit
Ayurvedic usage: Treatment for : Cystitis Acne Worms Thematic Complaints Stomach Troubles Coughs Hoarseness Bronchitis Laryngitis Tracheitis Dengue fever Stings and Burns PARTS  USED  IN  TREATMENT: Leaves Fruit Latex of Trunk RELATED  MEDICINAL PROPERTIES- Abortifacient Debridement Anthelmintic Anti rheumatic Emmenagogue

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