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• n  trees native to tropical America and Africa with milky juice and large palmately lobed leaves

• Caricaceae
• family Caricaceae

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• The closest relatives of papaya are 4 species from Mexico and Guatemala
  ( Pensoft Publishers ) For decades, researchers thought the closest relatives of papaya were certain trees from the Andes. A study using DNA sequences from all species of the papaya family instead revealed that the closest relatives of papaya are three herbs and a small tree with stinging hairs occurring from Mexico to Guatemala and El Salvador. These plants were so little known that even their ...
  Nov. 20, 2013 - EurekAlert!