Jacaratia mexicana
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Jacaratia mexicana is a species of the tropical
Papaya
tree, in the Jacaratia
genus - Caricaceae
family.
Tropics
The tropics is a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. It is limited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere at approximately N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere at S; these latitudes correspond to the axial tilt of the Earth...
Papaya
Papaya
The papaya , papaw, or pawpaw is the fruit of the plant Carica papaya, the sole species in the genus Carica of the plant family Caricaceae...
tree, in the Jacaratia
Jacaratia
Jacaratia is a genus of five species of plant native to the Americas, particularly South and Central America.- Species of Jacaratia :* Jacaratia chocoensis A.H.Gentry & Forero* Jacaratia corumbensis Kuntze* Jacaratia digitata Jacaratia is a genus of five species of plant native to the Americas,...
genus - Caricaceae
Caricaceae
Caricaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Brassicales, native to tropical regions of Central and South America and Africa. They are short-lived evergreen pachycaul shrubs or small trees growing to 5-10 m tall...
family.
External links
- Leafless Jacaratias
- Jacaratia mexicana at oncampus.richmong.edu.
- Jacaratia mexicana at www.uniprot.org.