The Difference Between Papaya Tree and Papaya Begonia

1. Difference in appearance

The papaya tree is a shrub or small tree that can reach 5-10 meters in height. The twigs are purple-red and hairy in the early stage. After two years, the branches become hairless and turn purple-brown. The winter buds are semicircular with a relatively rounded and blunt tip.

The papaya crabapple is a deciduous shrub to a small tree, 2-6 meters tall. The twigs are purple-brown and glabrous. The winter buds are triangular-ovate with an acute tip.

2. Difference of blades

The leaves of the papaya tree are elliptical-oval or elliptical-oblong, and a small part is obovate. In the early stage, there are many yellow-white hairs underneath, which will fall off soon.

The leaves of the papaya crabapple are elliptical or lanceolate and later obovate-lanceolate. At first, they are glabrous on the upper side and have brown hairs on the lower side, which will fall off later and become almost glabrous.

3. Fruit Difference

The fruit of the papaya tree is oblong in shape and dark yellow in color. The fruit of the papaya crabapple is ovoid or nearly cylindrical, yellow in color with a little red on the surface.