Ulises Flores
14/10/2019
Dear Stem-readers.
The papaya bush is a plant whose origins (documentaries) can be traced in the work Historia General y Natural de las Indias (1535), whose author is Captain Gonzalo Fernández Oviedo y Valdés, considered the first chronicler of the new world. Having burst into Tierra firme, specifically in Aztec soil (Mexico), he carries out a sampling with his classic methods of observation that, two centuries later would greatly improve Carlos Linneo (1735).
In this way, the historian, soldier, geographer and botanist registers that the fruit that is known as Papaya in Europe, there is called Figs of mastuerzo; while in Nicaraguan soil the natives call it Olocotón. He leaves settled that it is a plant of thin and high fig tree that produces big figs and of good flavor; apart from the organoleptic aspects, he describes that it contains many seeds of black color and bitter flavor. Indeed, it referred to Papaya.
𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒚𝒂 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆
𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒚𝒂 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆
*They are shrub plants of rapid growth and development, as long as it is considered a short cycle crop. Compared to other fruit shrub species, papaya has a short life cycle.
- Technical norms and agronomic recommendations indicate that crops should preferably be grown in tropical climates, since warm temperatures benefit plants and better results are obtained in the stages of growth, development and harvest.
- Loamy, sandy and fertile soils can be considered the best for growing crops, since their looseness and permeability favour them.
- After two years it is advisable to make a repopulation (substitution) of plants to maintain productivity, since with this age the plants tend to reduce their production in size and quality by plant longevity.
- They are considered three sexual stages differentiated by their physiology and productivity, the male plants are not productive, the hermaphrodites give small fruits and with some unattractive characteristics from the organoleptic point of view (flavor, smell, color ...), however, the female plants are the most productive because their fruits are large, fleshy and sweet, depending on the variety of the species.
- The sowing of the papaya is made by vegetative propagation or by seed. Being by seed the simplest and most practical. While by vegetative propagation can be by stake (economic) or by complex and expensive methods in biotechnology, for example In vitro cultures.
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So much for this photo-descriptive passage on this plant species..
The care of the environment and the implementation of ecological awareness is everyone's duty. Recognizing and promoting the ecological value of biodiversity is a form of environmental care and protection.
𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔
𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔
- THE UNHEARD VOICE OF LAW IN BARTOLOMÉ DE LAS CASAS’S
BREVÍSIMA RELACIÓN DE LA DESTRUICIÓN DE LAS INDIAS link - Technical Guide to Papaya Cultivation link
𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔
𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔
Photographs were taken with Iphone 6 cellular equipment camera.
Photoshop cs6 was used for photo editing.
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