Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Carica papaya L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Carica papaya
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
L.
Common names
Papaya, Papaw, Pape, Pawpaw, paw-paw
Names in other languages (83)Adibati, Aɖiba, Bobai, Bofere, Fruta bomba, Gedang, Kates, Lechosa, Lesi, Mamoeiro, Mamão-formosa, Mamão-havaí, Mamão-papaia, Melon tree, Melonenbaum, Melontræ, Mpwapwaia, Mpwapwayi, Mīkana, Papaieira, Papajabaum, Papajapflanze, Papaya de Monte, Papaya de Pájaro, Papayabaum, Papayer, Papayer commun, Papaye, Papayer commun, Papayer, Papayo, Pepaya, Sampelo, Yebaga, abobaia, almindelig papaja, amabapaia, chamburi, chamburu, epapali, formoso, harilik papaia, havaiano, mamon, mamão, mamão-de-corda, mamão-fêmea, mamão-macho, mamão-melão, mamón, melonowiec właściwy, papaia, papaier, papaja, papaja właściwa, papayero, papája melounová, papája melónová, salitung, tarhapapaija, utzum, vi ènana, vi papai, vi, vi papai, kikiè, vpēttē-rakko, Παπάγια, Дыннае дрэва, Папайя, Պապայա, פפאיה, باباز, باباظ, ببايا, पपई, পেঁপে, బొప్పాయి, പപ്പായ/ഓമയ്ക്ക/കപ്ലങ്ങ, ගස්ලබු, පැපොල්, มะละกอ, ’ï’ïta, pagaoa, パパイア, パパイヤ, 木瓜, 番木瓜, 파파야
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Brassicales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Caricaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Carica
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
papaya
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Carica papaya
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Data deficient (DD)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-09 06:56.
Photo of Carica papaya L.
Photo: Steven Smethurst · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Carica papaya L.
Photo: Karen McCabe · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Carica papaya L.
Photo: Raja Sekhar Chimirala · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Carica papaya L.
Photo: stephen · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Carica papaya L.
Photo: chrisdt · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Carica papaya L.
Photo: Thorsten Hackbarth · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-09 06:56.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 16 is a host of × is eaten by × interacts with × has its flowers visited by × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × has as a parasite × has as a vector × is pollinated by × is visited by × is adjacent to × has as a pathogen × is a mutualist of × 4 more types with data for this species

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is a host of 406 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Asperisporium caricae Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 193 not compared
Papaya ringspot virus Potyviridae is a host of 100 no location
Lasiodiplodia theobromae Botryosphaeriaceae is a host of 77 no location
Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerellaceae is a host of 64 not compared
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is eaten by 332 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus Icteridae is eaten by 11 not compared
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae is eaten by 10 not compared
Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Thraupidae is eaten by 9 not compared
African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat Eidolon helvum Pteropodidae is eaten by 9 not compared
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interacts with 148 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Carpophilus Nitidulidae interacts with 40 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Mite Destroyers Stethorus Coccinellidae interacts with 28 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Opiine braconid Diachasmimorpha tryoni Braconidae interacts with 22 no location
Lady beetle Stethorus siphonulus Coccinellidae interacts with 22 no location
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 29 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Mexican Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia vazquezae Nymphalidae has its flowers visited by 6 not compared
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae has its flowers visited by 3 not compared
Heliconius erato cruentus Nymphalidae has its flowers visited by 3 not compared
Dyson's Silverpatch Aides dysoni Hesperiidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 25 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Halonatospora pansihalos Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Glomus reticulatum Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Rhizoglomus microaggregatum Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Rhizophagus fasciculatus Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
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has as a parasite 23 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Comperiella lemniscata Encyrtidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Parasitoid wasp Encarsia sophia Aphelinidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Parasitoid wasp Aphytis melinus Aphelinidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Parasitoid wasp Acerophagus papayae Encyrtidae has as a parasite 2 no location
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has as a vector 13 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus lituratus Phyllostomidae has as a vector 5 not compared
Jamaica Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus jamaicensis Phyllostomidae has as a vector 5 no location
African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat Eidolon helvum Pteropodidae has as a vector 3 not compared
Seba's Short-tailed Bat Carollia perspicillata Phyllostomidae has as a vector 3 no location
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Pollination

is pollinated by 11 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species. «Visits the flowers of» is a different term and a different block: a visitor is not a pollinator, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Hawk Moths Sphingidae Sphingidae is pollinated by 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
Sundowner moth Sphingomorpha chlorea Erebidae is pollinated by 1 no location
Adhemarius daphne Sphingidae is pollinated by 1 not compared
Silver-striped Hawk-moth Hippotion celerio Sphingidae is pollinated by 1 no location
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is visited by 9 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Papaya mealybug Paracoccus marginatus Pseudococcidae is visited by 2 not compared
Lycorea cleobaea atergatis Nymphalidae is visited by 1 not compared
Melipona scutellaris Apidae is visited by 1 no location
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Apidae is visited by 1 not compared
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is adjacent to 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Asperisporium caricae Mycosphaerellaceae is adjacent to 9 not compared
Oidium caricae Erysiphaceae is adjacent to 2 no location
Gloeosporium papayae Dermateaceae is adjacent to 1 not compared
Phytoseius purseglovei Phytoseiidae is adjacent to 1 no location
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has as a pathogen 3 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species. It is a narrow block, and it cannot be the only one that is read: the most frequent term in the catalogue is the one above, which declares no harm, so much of what a reader would call a pest arrives there instead.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Potyvirus papayanuli Potyviridae has as a pathogen 1 not compared
Pindawortelknobbelaaltje Meloidogyne marioni Meloidogynidae has as a pathogen 1 not compared
virus Viruses has as a pathogen 1 not compared
Showing 3 of 3, by number of studies

is a mutualist of 2 organisms

This term declares that the organism benefits this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous Canidae is a mutualist of 1 not compared
Pink-spotted Hawk Moth Agrius cingulata Sphingidae is a mutualist of 1 not compared
Showing 2 of 2, by number of studies

Acompañantes documentados

This agronomic reading comes from a source reserved for internal use, so it is not shown here.

Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Not grouped under a navigation concept

What the source states Claim type Context Source Actions
Árbol nativo candidato de paisaje Recommendation of a guideRecommended coffee · Veracruz, México Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a