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This article is about the papaya. Not to be confused with the South American Mountain papaya or the Eastern North American "pawpaw". For other mugua see Chaenomeles speciosa or Pseudocydonia chinensis. For other uses, see Papaya (disambiguation).PapayaPlant and fruit, from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887)Conservation statusData Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]Scientific classificationEdit this classificationKingdom:PlantaeClade:TracheophytesClade:AngiospermsClade:EudicotsClade:RosidsOrder:BrassicalesFamily:CaricaceaeGenus:CaricaSpecies:C. papayaBinomial nameCarica papayaL.[2]The papaya (/p??pa??/, US: /p??p??j?/), papaw, (/p??p??/[3]) or pawpaw (/?p??p??/[3])[4] is the plant species Carica papaya, one of the 21 accepted species in the genus Carica of the family Caricaceae,[5] and also the name of its fruit. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within modern-day southern Mexico and Central America.[6][7] It is grown in several countries in regions with a tropical climate. In 2022, India produced 38% of the world's supply of papayas.