The male papaya
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
August 10, 2020 2:15am CST
In the picture is a fruiting male papaya. Only the female are bearing fruits and a papaya tree (or plant) is called male when it doesn't bear fruits. But in the picture is an abnormal male papaya that produced fruits. Although the fruits are many but they will not grow anymore. However, they will mature and can be eaten.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
10 Aug 20
I think payaya tree can produce fruits by self polination of flowers by bees and birds. In my house there was only 1 papaya tree and it bore fruit although there was no papaya male plant nearby.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
The gender of the papaya is just a moniker to classify a tree that doesn't bear fruit. It has nothing to do with pollination like the avocado tree that needs a male and female to pollinate.
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@jayanth_77 (7180)
• India
10 Aug 20
@Alexandoy papaya trees can be male, female or even both in same plant. Truly god's creations are so unique.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
@jayanth_77 yes, the papaya is unique in its own way.
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@HannahKusKus (4025)
• Semarang, Indonesia
10 Aug 20
Maybe.. he is already transgender 
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
Waheehee, that was also what I want to say.
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@LadyDuck (458230)
• Switzerland
10 Aug 20
@Alexandoy The important is the taste, it does not matter if they are small.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
@LadyDuck the size matters. Eating 4 of that will not be enough for me. Waheehee.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
More likely they are real papaya that is sweet. But the fruit doesn't grow big according to the owner.
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@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Aug 20
Interesting info. Had no idea about it. You grew this papaya tree?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
I chanced upon that in a restaurant where I parked last week. The owner was there so I was able to get information.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
@lovebuglena he was actually very proud of his papaya because it is a strange tree with that kind of fruit. But the fruits do not grow much, they ripen already about the size of an apple. The taste is good.
@lovebuglena (43080)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Aug 20
@Alexandoy Nice of the owner to tell you about it.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
It is amusing to see a papaya tree with such many fruits.
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@simplfred (20608)
• Philippines
10 Aug 20
That's very interesting. I thought male papaya only bear flowers...
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
Yes, male papaya bear flowers with long stem so it cannot fertilize. But the one in the picture is an abnormal tree.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
@simplfred when it does not look female then I call it a male. But if it has fruits and does not look female then I call it abnormal. Waheehee.
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@simplfred (20608)
• Philippines
10 Aug 20
@Alexandoy I see... So how can you say it is a male? I think I have seen such kind of papaya then here also... The fruit won't grow bigger...
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@rsa101 (37966)
• Philippines
10 Aug 20
@Alexandoy Haha It may be so.... If they do not bloom flowers then that may be female plant you have in there.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
Maybe this is a female papaya since it has fruits. But an abnormal one.
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Aug 20
Sounds like those would be the perfect size to feed to children!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
12 Aug 20
Yes, that is one good papaya for each child.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
12 Aug 20
@moffittjc if there is a fruit then it is better than nothing. And in fairness, the fruit is small like an apple but sweet and nice to eat.
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@moffittjc (118459)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Aug 20
@Alexandoy Well, there you go then. That plant does have a useful purpose!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
Small size only but great taste when ripe.
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@just4him (306381)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
11 Aug 20
@Alexandoy That's good it is.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
10 Aug 20
Ii wonder what made it turn abnormal
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
I call it abnormal... like me, waheehee.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
10 Aug 20
@Alexandoy yes...you said it right.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
@amitkokiladitya thank you for that.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
10 Aug 20
This is first time I read that papayas plants had actually a gender, but everyday one learns something new! Nice picture Alex, it's educational!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
The gender was only a name. Since a male human cannot produce so it is used in trees that do not bear fruits.
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@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
11 Aug 20
@Alexandoy oh I see it know!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
The gender is just a name but not really scientific. When the papaya does not bear fruit we call it male.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
@sophie09 take note that it may be only in our culture. In other countries they call the male papaya tree barren.
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@sophie09 (34246)
• Indonesia
10 Aug 20
@Alexandoy yes thank you. This is a new information for me
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
Well, we have our own names which means the same.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
@JohnKu yes, we call that barren tree male.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
The male papaya tree is called such because it does not bear fruit.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Aug 20
If the tree does not bear fruit we call it male.
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@cherriefic (10400)
• Philippines
11 Aug 20
Maybe that papaya is just a late bloomer and happened to be a female. Or it can be hermaphrodite in plants.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Aug 20
the gender of the tree is only a moniker of sorts because human male do not have children so when a tree does not bear fruit it is called a male.
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@RasmaSandra (73473)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Aug 20
That is very interesting. I wonder what changed for the plant,
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Aug 20
Yes, the flowers of the male tree has long stems.
@zahzahzahra (48)
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11 Aug 20
My mother planted a lot of papaya tree in her garden. Some of them are males, and just like yours, they also have fruits (not all of them tho'). Papaya is a really delicious fruit, and we can use the fruit's skin to make our hands smooth.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
11 Aug 20
The sap of papaya is good against constipation.
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