Papaya Seed – (Carica papaya) Cold Pressed Vegetable Oil

£8.00

BOTANICAL NAME: Carica papaya

AROMATIC: Papaya Seed Oil has a rich herbaceaous scent that has, like all cold pressed and untreated vegetable oils, a slight fatty note.

EXTRACTION METHOD: Cold Pressed

COLOUR: Light golden yellow

CONSISTENCY: Liquid

ABSORPTION: Papaya Seed Oil  is readily absorbed but will leave an oily feeling on skin.

SHELF LIFE: Papaya Seed oil is quick to go rancid; users can expect a shelf life of 3 to 6 Months with proper storage conditions (cool, out of direct sunlight). Refrigeration after opening is recommended.

Papaya (Carica papaya) also known as PawPaw, is cold-pressed from the seeds of fruit from the tree.

It is a large tree-like plant, the single stem growing from 5 to 10 meters tall, with spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of the trunk; the lower trunk is conspicuously scarred where leaves and fruit were borne. The leaves are large, 50-70 cm diameter, deeply palmately lobed with 7 lobes. The tree is usually unbranched if unlopped. The flowers are similar in shape to the flowers of the Plumeria but are much smaller and wax like. They appear on the axils of the leaves, maturing into the large 15-45 cm long, 10-30 cm diameter fruit. The fruit is ripe when it feels soft (like a ripe avocado or a bit softer) and its skin has attained an amber to orange hue. The fruit’s taste is vaguely similar to pineapple and peach, although much milder without the tartness.

It is the first fruit tree to have its genome deciphered.

 

 

 

 

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