Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
Fresh ripe fruit is eaten raw or used in desserts. Fruit pulp, puree, and concentrate are processed into beverages such as nectars, juices, and syrups; into jams and jellies; and into candied fruit. Pulp also serves as a flavoring base for ice cream, sorbets, and bakery fillings. High fruit acidity supports thermally stable jellies.

Colorants and tanning:
No documented colorants or tanning uses are reported for this taxon.

Industrial and craft applications:
The fruit’s pectin contributes to gel formation in jams and jellies and can stabilize fruit pulps, purees, and pulp-based beverages.

Properties relevant to use:
High natural acidity (low pH) facilitates gel formation in jams and jellies; high pectin content contributes to structured gels and beverage stability; sensory profile is sweet–tart, aromatic.

Standards and regulation:
Where traded as food, products are subject to national food safety and labeling regulations for fruits, pulps, and preserves in producing and importing jurisdictions.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Production is primarily in Andean regions of South America; fruit is harvested from cultivated or semi-cultivated trees and used locally and for regional processing.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Papaya cestriflora	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891)
Papaya cundinamarcensis	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891)
Carica candamarcensis	Hook.f.	Bot. Mag. 101: t. 6198 (1875)
Carica cestriflora	Solms	Fl. Bras. 13(3): 185 (1889)
Carica chiriquensis	Woodson	Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 30 (1958)
Carica cundinamarcensis	J.Linden	Cat. Gén. 87: 87 (1871)
Carica pubescens	Lenné & K.Koch	Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1854(App.): 12 (1855)
Carica pubescens	Solms	Fl. Bras. (Martius) 13(3): 185. 1889 [15 Aug 1889]
Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis	V.M.Badillo	Ernstia , n.s., 10: 78 (2000)
Papaya pubescens	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891)
Vasconcellea cestriflora	A.DC.	Prodr. 15(1): 418 (1864)
Papaya cundinamarcencis	(Linden) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 253 (1891)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	mountain papaya
Spanish	papaya de tierra fria
Spanish	papaya de tierra fría
Spanish	chiluacán
Spanish	chiluacan
Spanish	chilacuán
Spanish	chilacuan
Spanish	chamburú
Spanish	chamburu
Spanish	chamburo
Spanish	papayuelo
Arabic	شجرة البابايا
Arabic	فاسكونسيليا زغبية
ban	gedang memedi
Catalan	chamburo
Catalan	papaia de muntanya
Catalan	papayuelo
Persian	پاپایا کوهی
Indonesian	pepaya gunung
Japanese	カリカ
jv	carica
Korean	산파파야
Dutch	bergpapaya
Dutch	bergpapaja
Russian	Горная папайя
Kinyarwanda	ipapaya y’umusozi
Slovenian	gorska papaja
Thai	มะละกอภูเขา
Turkish	dağ papayası
Chinese	山番木瓜

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- Native

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- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Rwanda

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- Indian Subcontinent
  - India
  - Sri Lanka

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- New Zealand
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- Central America
  - Costa Rica
  - Panamá
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela
- Southern South America
  - Juan Fernández Islands
- Western South America
  - Bolivia
  - Colombia
  - Ecuador
  - Peru

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000421667
Tropicos	6100042
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:675782-1
The Plant List	kew-2456766
IPNI	675782-1
iNaturalist	508242
GBIF	3838768
Freebase	/m/068qxl
EPPO	CIAPU
EOL	392376
USDA GRIN	310753
Wikipedia	Mountain_papaya
CMAUP	NPO27153
Open Tree Of Life	352864

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Aliphatic β-d-glucosides from fruits of Carica pubescens

Doris Krajewski, Carmenza Duque, Peter Schrejer

Elsevier BV

04-Mar-2003

doi:	10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid	135	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)O)O	138.12	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzyl alcohols
Benzyl Alcohol	244	Click to see	108.14	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Tyrosols and derivatives / Tyrosols
Tyrosol	10393	Click to see	138.16	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Furanoid lignans
Pinoresinol	73399	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2C3COC(C3CO2)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)OC)O	358.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acyl glycosides / Fatty acyl glycosides of mono- and disaccharides
butyl (3S)-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybutanoate	163102293	Click to see	322.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9
Butyl (S)-3-hydroxybutyrate glucoside	76463851	Click to see	322.35	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9
ethyl (3S)-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxybutanoate	163015628	Click to see	294.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9
Ethyl (S)-3-hydroxybutyrate glucoside	76463850	Click to see	294.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols
1-Hexanol	8103	Click to see CCCCCCO	102.17	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9
1-Hydroxy-3-octanone	13864714	Click to see	144.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids
(2E,6S)-2,6-dimethylocta-2,7-diene-1,6-diol	11206026	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)O)CO	170.25	unknown	via CMAUP database
(2E,6S)-6-hydroxy-2,6-dimethylocta-2,7-dienal	101794462	Click to see	168.23	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organic acids and derivatives / Hydroxy acids and derivatives / Beta hydroxy acids and derivatives
Butanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-, butyl ester	103808	Click to see	160.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9
Butyl (3S)-3-hydroxybutanoate	11019159	Click to see	160.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9
Ethyl 3-hydroxybutyrate	62572	Click to see CCOC(=O)CC(C)O	132.16	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyridines and derivatives / Methylpyridines
(7S)-6,7-Dihydro-4,7-dimethyl-5H-cyclopenta(c)pyridine	68231	Click to see	147.22	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Biflavonoids and polyflavonoids
Proanthocyanidin B4	9959902	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=C1C(=CC(=C2C3C(C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C34)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)C6=CC(=C(C=C6)O)O)O	578.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / Catechins
Catechin	9064	Click to see	290.27	unknown	via CMAUP database
Epicatechin	72276	Click to see	290.27	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Anthocyanins / Anthocyanidin-3-O-glycosides
(2R,3S,4R,5S)-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxychromenylium-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol	101692563	Click to see	581.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
Camelliaside B	25115190	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)OC6C(C(C(CO6)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	726.60	unknown	via CMAUP database
Leucoside	44566720	Click to see	580.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Quercetin 3-O-(2G-beta-D-xylopyranosylrutinoside)	5281690	Click to see	742.60	unknown	via CMAUP database
Quercetin 3-O-Sambubioside	5487635	Click to see	596.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo-7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-8-yl]oxan-3-yl] (E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate	163188669	Click to see	724.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00196-9

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