papaya tree

Papaya can grow almost anywhere. While a female tree bears fruit, a male tree only flowers. Although flowers can be eaten, most prefer the papaya. From large papaya to small exotica papaya .. some very sweet and others no so sweet. The ones that we are planting at the dusun are smaller fruit with a tougher fruitskin. Supposedly the fruit can last 4 or 5 days after plucking. Very sweet. It takes about 9 months for a papaya tree to mature and bear fruit.