There are at least two types of papaya. Papaya belongs to the Rosaceae family, deciduous shrubs or small trees. The bark is often flaked, with distinctive traces. Leaves elliptic-ovate, serrate, young leaves abaxially tomentose. Flowers bloom in late spring and early summer, solitary and light red. Fruit ripe in the fall, long oval, yellowish, sweet and sour taste, aroma. Although the name of papaya is not beautiful, but its flowers are the famous flowers, and flowers and fruits, both color and fragrance, has always been regarded as an ornamental tree. Native to China's Shandong, Hubei, Zhejiang, Shandong Heze most prevalent, now south of the Yangtze River Basin are cultivated. Papaya tree for ornamental; fruit steamed or candied for food; fruit can also be used as medicine, warm, function of tendon, dispel dampness. 2. Papaya, also known as longevity fruit, is one of the four famous fruits of Lingnan, known as "Lingnan fruit king" title.