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Tag: Papaya

A Warm Fall Has Meant a Great Papaya Crop

December 9, 2015

It’s been a very warm fall in Florida this year. As I write this it’s December 8, and there have been no freezes in the Gainesville area, and temperatures held steady with daily highs in the 80s though October and November, only slipping a bit into the 70s now that it’s December. All that heat, … More A Warm Fall Has Meant a Great Papaya Crop

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Craig Hepworth

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Fruits Listed by Plant Family

Anacardiaceae (Cashew Family):  Mangoes, cashew, mombins, jun plum, jocote, wani, etc

Annonaceae (Custard-Apple Family):  Cherimoya, guanabana, custard-apple, sweetsop, sugar-apple, Rollinia, biriba, pawpaw, etc

Apocynaceae – (Milkweed Family):  Carissa, Natal plum, mangaba, pitabu, sorva

Arecaceae – (Palm Family):   Coconut, pejibaye, African oil palm, American oil palm, Butia palm, maraja palm, etc

Burseraceae (Gumbo-Limbo Family):  Dabai, safou/butterfruit, pili nut

Cactaceae (Cactus Family):  Prickly-pear, dragon fruit, pitaya, Peruvian apple-cactus

Caricaceae (Papaya Family):  Papaya, babaco

Chrysobalanaceae (Coco Plum family):  Coco Plum, sunsapote, egg nut

Clusiaceae/Guttiferae (Mangosteen Family):  Mangosteen, mammee-apple, charichuela, imbe, bacuri, madrono, cherapu, etc

Ebenaceae  (Ebony Family):  Asian persimmon, American persimmon, chocolate pudding fruit, etc

Ericaceae (Heath family):  Blueberry, cranberry, sparkleberry

Euphorbiaceae – (Euphorbia Family):

Fabaceae – (Bean Family):

Fagaceae (Oak family)

Juglandaceae (Walnut Family)

Lauraceae (Avocado Family)

Malpighiaceae (Acerola Family)

Meliaceae (Neem family)

Moraceae (Mulberry Family):  Mulberries, jackfruit, fig, breadfruit, marang, tarap, chempedak, African breadnut, Maya nut, che, etc

Musaceae (Banana Family)

Myrtaceae (Myrtle Family):  Guava, Surinam cherry, pitomba, grumichama, jaboticaba, wax-apple, etc

Olacaceae, (Olax family)

Oleaceae, olive family

Oxalidaceae (Oxalis Family):  Carambola/starfruit, bilimbi

Passifloraceae, passionfruit family

Protea Family (Proteaceae)

Punicaceae, Pomegranate Family

Rhamnaceae, Jujube family

Rosaceae (Rose Family)

Rutaceae (Citrus family)

Sapindaceae, (Litchi Family)

Sapotaceae (Sapote Family)

Sterculiaceae, (Chocolate family)

Vitaceae (Grape Family)

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