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VARIOUS DIETS AND TREATMENTS – PAPAIN – ITS ORIGIN AND USES (GENERAL INFORMATION)

The handsome papaya plant resembles a small palm and has big leaves similar to those of a fig tree. It grows mostly in the Western hemisphere and is found in Central America, Guatemala and San Salvador, the islands of the Caribbean, in Brazil, even in the jungle, as well as in Florida. If you could visit the sites in the Brazilian jungle where trees are cut for timber or the area is cleared for other purposes, you would be able to make a very interesting observation that almost borders on the miraculous. In the dense forests there are no papayas to be seen anywhere, but shortly after the trees have been felled, papaya plants begin to sprout here and there. I met some Swiss settlers in the area who told me of their surprise at finding papayas growing where not one single plant could be seen in an area of 100—200 square kilometres (about 40—80 square miles) before it was cleared.

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