Introduction to the Rugose Papaya Tree Variety and When It Blooms
Rugose Papaya is a papaya variety. Do you know this papaya variety? Would you like to get to know it?
The name Rugose Papaya actually follows the name used in traditional Chinese medicine, because its fruit shrivels after drying. Correspondingly, the fruit of C. sinensis, the type species of the genus Chaenomeles, has a smooth surface after drying, so its medicinal name is Smooth-skinned Papaya. The two plants differ considerably in appearance.Rugose Papaya is also a distinctive specimen ornamental tree. Its dense, thorny branches can be used as a hedge. The fruit contains malic acid and tartaric acid, and after drying it is used as medicine; it has the effects of dispelling wind, relaxing the sinews, activating the collaterals, relieving pain, reducing swelling and regulating qi.
Rugose Papaya bears flowers in clusters of 3-5, opening before the leaves, with petal colors ranging from white to deep red. Rugose Papaya is a woody flowering plant widely cultivated in East Asia, Europe and North America. Its flowers resemble those of the crabapple, which also belongs to the tribe Maleae, but it lacks the crabapple's slender flower stalks, so it is also called Clustered-flower Crabapple.The flowering period is March-May, and the fruiting period is September-October.Because the branches are thorny, this plant is also used as a hedge. It is now exactly the time when Rugose Papaya is blooming, and it can often be seen in urban parks and flowerbeds in the temperate regions of our country.
Rugose Papaya growing habits:A temperate tree species. Highly adaptable, it likes light but also tolerates partial shade, and is cold-tolerant and drought-tolerant. It is not demanding about soil and can grow normally in fertile, well-drained clay and loam, but it dislikes low-lying and saline-alkaline land.
Geographical distribution:Produced in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangdong. It is also distributed in Myanmar.
Rugose Papaya is cultivated everywhere, with flower colors of bright red, pink and creamy white, and there are double-flowered and semi-double-flowered varieties. So have you ever seen a fruit tree of this variety?
