how did the papaya get its name?

Answer 1

from this old Mexican guy papa gallo
chin

Answer 2

Though the exact area of origin is unknown, the papaya is believed native to tropical America, perhaps in southern Mexico and neighboring Central America. It is recorded that seeds were taken to Panama and then the Dominican Republic before 1525 and cultivation spread to warm elevations throughout South and Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies and Bahamas, and to Bermuda in 1616. Spaniards carried seeds to the Philippines about 1550 and the papaya traveled from there to Malacca and India. Seeds were sent from India to Naples in 1626. Now the papaya is familiar in nearly all tropical regions of the Old World and the Pacific Islands and has become naturalized in many areas. Seeds were probably brought to Florida from the Bahamas. Up to about 1959, the papaya was commonly grown in southern and central Florida in home gardens and on a small commercial scale. Thereafter, natural enemies seriously reduced the plantings. There was a similar decline in Puerto Rico about 10 years prior to the setback of the industry in Florida. While isolated plants and a few commercial plots may be fruitful and long-lived, plants in some fields may reach 5 or 6 ft, yield one picking of undersized and misshapen fruits and then are so affected by virus and other diseases that they must be destroyed.

Answer 3

Papaya was
introduced from Panama into Hispaniola (Haiti-Santo Domingo) in 1521 by Alonzo de
Valverde. There it acquired the Carib Indian name ababai, soon corrupted into papaia,
papia, papeya, and — papaya. From Hispaniola it quickly spread to other West Indian
islands, including Jamaica, where it became known as papaw or pawpaw

Answer 4

The papaya, also known as mamão, tree melon, fruta bomba, lechosa (Venezuela, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and the Dominican Republic), or pawpaw is the fruit of the tree Carica papaya, in the genus Carica.
Papaya actually get's it's name from the enzym it has "Papain" that has and is used as a meat tenderizer

Answer 5

Pawpaw (Asimina) is a genus of eight or nine species of small trees with large leaves and fruit, native to southeastern North America. The genus includes the largest edible fruit native to North America. They are understory trees of deep fertile bottomland soils. The name, also spelled paw paw, paw-paw, and papaw, probably derives from the Spanish papaya, perhaps due to the superficial similarity of their fruit. Pawpaw has numerous other common names, often very local, such as prairie banana, Kentucky banana, Michigan banana and Ozark banana. Pawpaw is in the same family (Annonaceae) as the custard-apple, cherimoya, sweetsop, and soursop, and it is the only member of that family not confined to the tropics.

Answer 6

It used to be a sailor who was turned into a fruit by a witch doctor. The first generation ones still had their sailor skills, voices, and personalities. When one of these first-generation fruits was asked what his name was, he responded : "I'm Papaya Sailor Man! I'm Papaya Sailor Man! I'm strong to the finishk 'coz I eats me spinachk! I'm Papaya Sailor Man!" TOOT TOOT!

Answer 7

Papaya is the healthiest fruit with a list of properties that is long and exhaustive.belonging to the family of CARICACEAE fruit,it is commonly known as PAPAW in australia and MAMAO in brazil.it first originated in southern mexico and neighbouring central america but is know available in every tropical and subtropical country.

Answer 8

it actually comes from sanskrit PEPE
the english men couldnt say that so they started saying PAYPAY
and so like other words it changed and turned into PAPAYA

Answer 9

When the kid in Africa went "Try this, PAPA!" and the kid asked if it was good and the papa said "ya!" Get it? PAPAYA??? LOL!

Answer 10

steveG is right .
Papaya actually get's it's name from the enzyme ''papain'' that it has and which is used as a meat tenderizer.

Answer 11

well this lil grl found it one time an brought it home. the she ran up to her dad and said, hey i found this new fruit u want some Papa?" ya.".......~........Papaya