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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap
That is definitivly fig!
And wild spicies can grows almost everywere. Fruit are smaller and almost hard as stone. And figs and papayas are from same Carica familly.
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1. Figs and Papayas are not related. Figs are in Moraceae and Papayas in Caricaceae. You may be getting confused with the Scientific name cause papaya is
Carica papaya and the Edible fig is
Ficus carica. Having a specific epithet that matches a Genus does not make them related.
I am very surprised that a Papaya would survive in your zone. If it is a tree that is doing well, it will branch out if the crown is broken. Take a look at this picture of a Papaya trunk and see if the leaf scars look similar. Papaya trunks are usually always a real light brown almost whitish color.
