Life Span
Annual
Annual and Perennial
Type
Perennial
Fruit
Origin
Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America
Mexico, Central America
Types
Perennials
Male Papaya Tree, Female Papaya Tree, hermaphrodite Tree
Number of Varieties
4020
0
40000
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Habitat
Desert
tropical environments, Tropical regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
2-1110-15
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12 - 6
12-10
Sunset Zone
H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
H1, H2, 21, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Upright/Erect