Carica papaya--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 29 Mch 03. 004.jpg
Native to Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela; introduced into 103 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)
Location Remarks
Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Peru, Huanuco, Huanuco
Location Remarks
Km. 493.5, 36 km S of Tingo Maria on route 16. Along small tributary of Rio Huallaga. At the roadside, base of steep limestone cliff in dense tangle of vines ad weeds.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, Colorado (Western Colorado Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
Mesa Co Western Colorado Bot Garden, Grand Junction
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Caricaceae
Genus
Carica
Specific Epithet
papaya
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 8.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#64,090 of 335,497
Top 20%
Extinction probability
9%
