Babaco

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A papaya hybrid that is torpedo shaped and has 5 flattened facets. The skin, which is edible, turns from green to golden yellow depending on level of ripeness.

Wikipedia Article About Babaco on Wikipedia Carica pentagona), is a species of the genus Carica from northwestern South America. It is closely related to Carica pubescens, and considered by some botanists to be a hybrid of that species and Carica stipulata. It can grow at high altitudes (over 2,000 m), and is the most cold-tolerant species of Carica.

It is a small unbranched or sparsely branched tree reaching 5-8 m tall. The fruit differs from the papaya (C. papaya) in being narrower, typically less than 10 cm in diameter.

Like the papaya, the babaco is grown for its edible fruit and for its fruit juice. Cultivation away from its native range has been successful as far south as New Zealand, and north to Guernsey.

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