Carica papaya is a tropical fruit-bearing tree well-known for its edible, melon-like papaya fruits that are yellow to orange and very tasty.

Carica 'T.R. Hovey' is a dwarf, self fertile papaya that can produce delicious, ripe fruit within 9 - 12 months!

Vasconcellea x heilbornii is a hybrid related to papaya that produces similar-looking fruit but is more cold tolerant.