Carica papaya L.

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 9-10

Carica papaya L.

GRIN Nomen number: 9147

Family: Caricaceae

Common Name: mamão (Portuguese-Brazil), mamón (Spanish), Melonenbaum (German), papaia (Portuguese-Brazil), papaja (Swedish), Papajabaum (German), Papajapflanze (German), papaya (English), papayer (French), papayero (Spanish), pawpaw (English-Australia).

Native: NORTHERN AMERICA - Mexico; SOUTHERN AMERICA - Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; Caribbean: Bahamas; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Jamaica; Martinique; Puerto Rico; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands ( U.S.); Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela; Brazil: Brazil; Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Southern South America: northern Argentina; Paraguay.

Naturalized: AFRICA - East Tropical Africa: Tanzania; South Tropical Africa: Malawi; NORTH- ERN AMERICA - Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida.

Laboratory Infestation: Follett and Zee 2011: 27 B. latifrons puparia (from which 22 adults emerged) were recovered from a ‘Rainbow’ papaya force infested by 25 gravid female laboratory flies in an outdoor screen cage.

Carica peltata Hook. and Arn. , see Carica papaya L.

Carica posoposa L., see Carica papaya L.

Chalcas exotica (L.) Millsp., see Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack

Chalcas paniculata L., see Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack

Citrullus aedulis Pangal , see Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai