Fruits
Papaya
Carica papaya
Red-orange, sweet and silky — a tropical fruit Taiwan supplies year-round.
- Variety Tainung No. 2
- Origin district Pingtung, Kaohsiung, Tainan
- HS code 0807.20
Product data sheet
Basic identity
- Product name
- Papaya
- Variety
- Tainung No. 2
- Scientific name
- Carica papaya
- HS code
- 0807.20
Origin
- Origin district
- Pingtung, Kaohsiung, Tainan
About this product
Taiwan's main variety is Tainung No. 2, a long oval papaya with fine, sweet red-orange flesh. Net-house growing reduces virus disease, and quality is best in winter and spring. Japan has accepted Taiwanese papaya since 2004, subject to vapour heat treatment.
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