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Table 11.8.
Nutritive value of hermaphrodite 'Solo'-type papaya (Wenkam, 1990).
Amount per 100 g
edible portion
Proximate
Water (g)
87
Energy (kJ)
192
Protein (g)
0.39
Lipid (g)
0.06
Carbohydrate (g)
12.2
Fibre (g)
0.58
Ash (g)
0.57
Minerals
Calcium (mg)
30
Iron (mg)
0.2
Magnesium (mg)
21
Phosphorus (mg)
12
Potassium (mg)
183
Sodium (mg)
4
Vitamins
Ascorbic acid (mg)
84
Thiamine (mg)
0.03
Ribo
fl
avin (mg)
0.04
Niacin (mg)
0.33
Vitamin A (IU)
1093
with yields of 88.5-227 g/tree of dried latex per year. Approximately 2.27 kg
of fresh latex will produce 0.45 kg of dried latex.
In processing papayas 22% of the waste is seed. The seed oil content
of 33% on a dry weight basis is considered high when compared to seeds of
other fruit. Protein content of 29% on a dry weight basis is comparable to that
of soybean, with 35%. Papaya seed meal, with 40% crude protein and 50%
crude fi bre, appears to be a potentially rich animal feed. A salad dressing is
also made from ground papaya seeds.
FURTHER READING
Alvarez, A.M. and Nishijima, W.T. (1987) Postharvest disease of papaya.
Plant Disease
71, 681-686.
Gonsalves, D., Vegas, A., Prasartsee, V., Drew, R., Suzuki, J.Y. and Tripathi, S. (2006)
Developing papaya to control papaya ringspot virus by transgenic resistance,
intergeneric hybridization, and tolerance breeding.
Plant Breeding Reviews
26,
35-78.
