Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 11.4.
Papaya 'cultivars' reported in the literature; many are variable and not
true cultivars.
Country
Cultivar
Sex type
Flesh colour
Australia
Improved Petersen
Dioecious
Yellow
Guinea Gold
Hermaphrodite
Yellow
Sunnybank/S7
Dioecious
Yellow
Richter/Arline
Dioecious
Yellow
Americas
Mexico
Verde
Gialla
Cera
Chincona
USA - Florida
Cari
fl
ora
Dioecious
Yellow
Betty
Dioecious
Yellow
Homestead
Dioecious
Yellow
USA - Hawaii
Kapoho Solo
Hermaphrodite
Yellow
Sunrise
Hermaphrodite
Red
Waimanalo
Hermaphrodite
Yellow
Rainbow
Hermaphrodite
Yellow
Venezuela
Paraguanera
Roja
Red
Caribbean
Barbados
Wake
fi
eld
Graeme 5, and 7
Cuba
Maradol
Hermaphrodite
Red
Trinidad
Santa Cruz Giant
Cedro
Dominican Republic
Cartagena
Hermaphrodite
Yellow
Asia
Yellow
India
Coorg Honey Dew
Hermaphrodite
Coimbitor 2
Dioecious
Yellow
Indonesia
Semangka
Hermaphrodite
Red
Dampit
Hermaphrodite
Red
Malaysia
Eksotika
Hermaphrodite
Red
Sekaki
Hermaphrodite
Red
Philippines
Sinta
Hermaphrodite
Red
Taiwan
Tainung No. 5
Hermaphrodite
Red
Thailand
Sai-nampueng
Hermaphrodite
Red
Khaek Dam
Hermaphrodite
Red
South Africa
Hortus Gold
Dioecious
Yellow
Kaapmuiden
-
Yellow
Honey Gold
Dioecious
Yellow
characteristics at a more rapid rate. The Hawaiian 'Solo' type is perhaps one
of the few cultivars that has been continuously inbred since its introduction to
Hawaii in 1911 from Barbados (Yee, 1970). Solo cultivars such as 'Kapoho',
'Sunrise', 'Sunset' and 'Waimanalo' have been inbred for many generations.
