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Papaya, also called papaw or pawpaw is a succulent fruit of a large plant of the family Caricaceae. The papaya plant is considered a tree, though its palmlike trunk, up to 8 metres tall, is not as woody as the designation generally implies. The plant is crowned by deeply lobed leaves.