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Papain is the dried latex obtained from papaya. It is commonly used in food processing e.g. chill-proofing beer, meat tenderising and the production of dough for pizza and batter for waffles and wafer.
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Carica papaya |
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Common: |
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English: |
papaya, pawpaw |
Indonesia: |
papaya, gedang, kates |
Malaysia: |
betek, ketala |
Tagalog (Philippines): |
kapaya, lapaya, papaya |
Thai: |
loko, makuai, malakor, thet |
| Tamil: |
pappali |
Mandarin: |
mugua |
Lao: |
houng |
Vietnam: |
du du |
Cambodian: |
doeum lahong, ihong |
Burmese: |
thimbaw |
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Taxonomic Position: |
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Domain: |
Eukaryota |
Kingdom: |
Viridiplantae |
Phylum: |
Spermatophyta |
| Subphylum: |
Angiospermae |
Class: |
Dicotyledonae |
Order: |
Violales |
Family: |
Caricaceae |
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| Other Names Used: |
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| Carica peltata Hook. & Arn. |
| Carica posoposa L. |
Papaya carica Gaertn.
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