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Papaya:-

the papaya plant is considered a tree, though its palmlike trunk,


up to 8 metres (26 feet) tall, is not as woody as the designation
generally implies. The plant is crowned by deeply lobed leaves,
sometimes 60 cm (2 feet) across, borne on hollow petioles (leaf
stalks) 60 cm long. Normally, the species is dioecious, male and
female flowers being produced on separate plants, but
hermaphroditic forms are known, and numerous irregularities in
the distribution of the sexes are common. Male flowers are borne
in clusters on stalks 90 cm long; the flowers are funnel-shaped,
about 2.5 mm (0.1 inch) long, and whitish, with 10 stamens in the
throat. The female flowers are considerably larger, on very short
stalks, and often solitary in the leaf axils; they have five fleshy
petals that are united toward the base and a large cylindrical or
globose superior ovary that is crowned by five fan-shaped sessile
stigmas.

he fruit is commonly spherical to cylindrical in form, is 75 to 500


mm (3 to 20 inches) or even more in length, and sometimes
weighs as much as 9 to 11.5 kg (20 to 25.5 pounds). The very juicy
flesh is deep yellow or orange to salmon-coloured. Along the walls
of the large central cavity are attached the numerous round,
wrinkled black seeds.
The unripe fruit contains a milky juice in which is present a
protein-digesting enzyme known as papain, which greatly
resembles the animal enzyme pepsin in its digestive action. This
juice is used in the preparation of various remedies for
indigestion and in the manufacture of meat tenderizers.
OAK:-

Quercus species are characterized by alternate, simple, deciduous


or evergreen leaves with lobed, toothed, or entire margins. The
male flowers are borne in pendent yellow catkins, appearing with
or after the leaves. Female flowers occur on the same tree, singly
or in two- to many-flowered spikes; each flower has a husk of
overlapping scales that enlarges to hold the fruit, or acorn, which
matures in one to two seasons. White oaks have smooth
non-bristle-tipped leaves, occasionally with glandular margins.
Their acorns mature in one season, have sweet-tasting seeds, and
germinate within a few days after their fall. Red and black oaks
have bristle-tipped leaves, hairy-lined acorn shells, and bitter
fruits, which mature at the end of the second growing season.
Oaks can be propagated easily from acorns and grow well in
moderately moist rich soil or dry sandy soil. Many grow again
from stump sprouts. They are hardy and long-lived but are not
shade-tolerant and may be injured by leaf-eating organisms or
oak wilt fungus.

Oak, (genus Quercus), genus of about 450 species of ornamental


and timber trees and shrubs in the beech family (Fagaceae),
distributed throughout the north temperate zone and at high
altitudes in the tropics. Acorns provide food for small game
animals and are used to fatten swine and poultry; the acorns of
some species can be made into a flour for human consumption.
Red- and white-oak lumber is used in construction, flooring,
furniture, millwork, cooperage, and the production of crossties,
structural timbers, and mine props.
Many plants commonly called “oak” are not Quercus
species—e.g., African oak, Australian oak, bull oak, Jerusalem
oak, poison oak, river oak, she-oak, silky oak, tanbark oak,
Tasmanian oak, and tulip oak.
GUAVA:-

The common guava has quadrangular branchlets, oval to oblong leaves


about 7.6 cm (3 inches) in length, and four-petaled white flowers about 2.5
cm (1 inch) broad. The fruits are round to pear-shaped and measure up to
7.6 cm in diameter; their pulp contains many small hard seeds (more
abundant in wild forms than in cultivated varieties). The fruit has a yellow
skin and white, yellow, or pink flesh. The musky, at times pungent, odour of
the sweet pulp is not always appreciated.

Propagation is usually by seeds, but improved varieties must be


perpetuated by plant parts. The plant’s hard dry wood and thin bark
prevent cutting and conventional methods of grafting. Veneer grafting,
using as rootstocks young plants in vigorous growth, gives excellent results.
The plant is not frost-resistant but is successfully grown throughout
southern Florida; in several tropical regions it grows so abundantly in a
half-wild state as to have become a pest.

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