The papaya is a great ally for those who
want to keep fit. It contains enzymes that
fight fat in different fronts. Besides
breaking proteins, reducing bloating,
dissolves the fat in the blood and lymph
system and helps the liver function. Not
bad, eh?
Benefits and properties of papaya
Papaya has a high content of beta-carotene
and vitamin C which helps to reduce the
deterioration of the arteries, reduce heart
disease.
This fruit also has a healing effect and is
employed in cases of gastric ulcers. It is
very effective in cases of heart failure.
The World Health Organization in recent
years has promoted the consumption of foods
rich in antioxidant vitamins A, C and E. The
papaya occupies one of the first places in
this aspect.
• Fruit laxative, especially if you eat with
the seeds.
• It is very similar to the melon.
• Must be fully ripe, otherwise it is not a
very nice flavor.
Medicinal properties of papaya
Papaya has a high content of beta-carotene
and vitamin C which helps • It is
refreshing, diuretic and oxidant.
• Result unbeatable against almost all
infections of the body, internal and
external.
• Papaya contains a very important
ingredient called papain. Which has the same
effect on the digestive system that pepsin
in the digestive process.
• Also contains fibrin, rarely found outside
the human or animal body. This substance is
easily digestible and especially valuable
for providing aid in blood clotting (in
internal and external wounds).
• The enzyme papain that contains the green
papaya (no ripening) has a much more active
on the system that's ripe fruit.
• The green papaya juice has helped to
correct intestinal irregularities, including
ulcers and other more serious conditions, in
a relatively short time.
• Include fruit in our daily diet dismisses
the factors that affect their health (such
as excessive consumption of meat, white
flour and sugar, alcohol) can be sure that
your body will meet strong and free of
disease.
Family: Caricaceae
Division: Angiospermae
Origin: Tropical America
Life Cycle: Perennial
The papaya tree is a
semi-herbaceous stem,
hollow, cylindrical and
simple. At the top of the
tree branches do not see,
only large sheets,
digitilobadas with yellow
veins, sustained for long
petioles. By fall, during
the growth of the plant, the
leaves large scars on the
stem. Papaya can produce
male flowers, female or
hermaphrodite plants
dioecious or monoecious.
Papaya flowers can be white
or yellow, waxy and are very
fragrant. Flowering starts
in 9 to 10 months after
planting. The female plants,
with exclusively female
flowers produce fruit after
pollination rounded. Since
the hermaphrodite plants,
complete flowers (perfect),
it creates the fruit
commercially preferred,
elongated, with thicker
flesh and, consequently,
with smaller central cavity.
Papaya is a fleshy, large,
indehiscent, pulpy soft,
dense, aromatic, and
variable color from yellow
to red. Its bark is smooth
and thin, green at harvest
time and gradually becomes
yellow or orange during
ripening. The internal
cavity of the fruit contains
numerous black seeds,
edible, spicy flavor, coated
with a mucilaginous
substance.
The papaya tree is a typical
tropical fast-growing and
can reach 8 feet tall. Your
life is short, but
productive, and orchards of
papaya must be renewed every
three years on average.
Nowadays, the papaya is
cultivated in many tropical
regions of the planet and
can bear fruit throughout
the year, generating 20 to
50 kg of papaya.
Fruits mature is usually
consumed fresh, but have
extensive culinary use, in
the form of shakes,
pastries, puddings, stews,
etc.. Green papayas, cut
into thin strips, are used
in the preparation of a
tasty sweet syrup. Papaya is
a fruit that sensitive
should be wrapped, stored
and transported in under
special care, lest they
suffer bruises that impede
their marketing and
consumption.
The milky sap extracted from
the unripe fruits and stem
contains the enzyme papain,
which is widely used as
medicine and industry, as
meat tenderizer, leather
treatment and in cosmetic.
Must be grown under full sun
in light soils, quiet,
fertile, well drained away
from windy sites and
irrigated regularly. The
seedlings should be
transplanted in well
prepared pits with loose
soil and fertilizers, to its
full root development. It is
a plant very sensitive to
frost and does not develop
well in cold climates. It is
also susceptible to a number
of diseases and pests, which
must be prevented and
controlled in the initial
phase. Multiply by seeds.
Medical
Indicações: Afecções renais e repiratórias, obesidade,
flatulência, prisão-de-ventre, verminoses, azia,
verrugas e pólipos.
Partes usadas: Folhas, raízes, flores, seiva, frutos.
Cuidado: Algumas substâncias
contidas no mamão podem suprimir os efeitos do hormônio
progesterona na mulher, ocasionando abortos. Por este
motivo não é recomendado o consumo por mulheres
grávidas.
Author: Raquel Patro
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