Comments on: Kapayas / Papaya

By: bert

bert — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:56:15 +0000

That sound’s great… As others claimed that it could be the type of advancement in the field of genetic engineering. It probably was a genetically modified one. Why not try to test it’s chromosome number and see it for yourself. The only problem would be… the prospects for its massive production. (kinda like it…)

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:37:59 +0000

My tree is producing completly seedless papaya’s, and they are great.
The tree does look a bit different the my others so I am not sure what type it actually is.

By: Jacque

Jacque — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:10:03 +0000

I planted 2 papaya trees and was surprised also that they only have 2 or 3 seeds. That is why I found this website, doing research to find out more about seedless papaya

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 05:32:43 +0000

Papayas contain papain which acts as a tenderizer. Can’t imagine why people want to tenderize their skin. Or whiten it for that matter. White people want to tan. Dark people want to whiten. All people presumably want whiter underarms if you believe all the advertising on dark underams resulting in a lack of suitable dates. Just remember, eat too much papaya or carrots for that matter and you can literally turn orange.

By: mojitodrinker

mojitodrinker — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 03:24:00 +0000

the store “healthy options” sells natural papaya tablets that are supposed to aid digestion. wouldn’t be surprised since the unripened fruit itself contains enzymes that make it useful as a meat tenderizes. anyways, i hear that if you don’t want to spring for the tablets, papaya seeds are a cheap digestion aid alternative. i haven’t read anything to support this and it is all hearsay but if anyone knows something…

By: butch

butch — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:54:11 +0000

not the fruit of choice for men unless you are a man of the cloth.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:09:42 +0000

I think Baldwin makes a lot of sense. It’s so much easier to use seedless papayas for skin whitening…hehehe. But back in the old days (I’ve seen my grandma do this), they used the young leaves of papaya, not the fruit. The effect is similar to a face lift. Anyway, in Cebu, we could eat papaya with impunity as if it grew like grass. There really was just a lot of ’em there was always enough to give the pigs for their dessert.

By: Ivan M

Ivan M — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:16:18 +0000

Seedless Papayas= 2 Words: Genetically-Modified.

And under that category would yellow watermelons also fall under…and I just happen to love them (yikes!)

By: grace

grace — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 09:51:00 +0000

i come from davao and papayas with few seeds are fairly common there. i guess its a way to control propagation of the specific variety.

By: fried-neurons

fried-neurons — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 08:09:31 +0000

As a kid I loved eating papaya with calamansi juice and sugar. It’s not really easy to find papaya here in CA. Even the specialty groceries don’t always have them. But it’s alway a treat when I do find one. The papayas here are a lot smaller than the ones back home, and they are generally more orange.