The Chinese medicine papaya is papaya ripe, put in boiling water until the skin grayish-white, half longitudinal dissection, sun-dried; and fruit papaya can be eaten after ripening, traditional Chinese medicine papaya and fruit papaya plant family, origin and growth environment is different, the two tastes, medicinal properties, attribution, efficacy and use are also different.

The Chinese medicine papaya for the Rosaceae, papaya genus, is a deciduous shrub plant stick peduncle begonia dry mature fruit. And fruit papaya for the papaya family, papaya genus; Chinese medicine papaya produced in China's Anhui, Shandong, Hubei, Guizhou, Tibet and other places, suitable for growth in the subtropical warm and humid mountainous areas. Fruit papaya is native to Mexico and the central region of the Americas, China is mainly produced in Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian, Taiwan, etc., suitable for growth in warm areas.