Editing Papaya (section)

=== Flowers ===
Papayas are [[dioecious]]. The [[flower]]s are five-parted and highly dimorphic; the male flowers have the stamens fused to the petals. There are two different types of papaya flowers. The female flowers have a superior ovary and five contorted petals loosely connected at the base.<ref name="RonseDeCraene">{{Cite book |last = Ronse De Craene |first = L.P. |date = 2010 |title = Floral diagrams: an aid to understanding flower morphology and evolution |publisher = Cambridge University Press |location = Cambridge |isbn = 978-0-521-49346-8 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=24p-LgWPA50C }}</ref>{{rp|235}}

Male and female flowers are borne in the leaf axils; the male flowers are in multiflowered [[Glossary of botanical terms#Dichasium|dichasia]], and the female ones are in few-flowered dichasia.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} The pollen grains are elongated and approximately 35 microns in length.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}} The flowers are sweet-scented, open at night, and are wind- or insect-pollinated.<ref name=Heywood/><ref name="WIFSS" /><ref name="FruitsAndNuts"/>
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|File:Carica papaya flower and bud.jpg|Papaya flower
|Carica papaya at Kadavoor.jpg|Buds
|Carica papaya 004.JPG|Female flowers
|Papaya flowers @ Kanjirappally.jpg|Male flowers
|Carica papaya1.jpg|Close-up of male flowers
|Pollens of Carica papaya .jpg|Pollen grains
}}