Papaya Vivipary: An Unusual Finding of “An Umbilical Cord”

Ashwin Garg; Preeti Garg

Volume 8, Issue 2 , April 2021, , Pages 149-151

https://doi.org/10.22059/ijhst.2020.313934.414

Abstract
  Vivipary is not a rare finding in papaya fruit. However, this short communication describes the unusual germination of seedling within intra-ovarian ovary. The seedling is attached at two ends of the immature ovary: by radicle at one end, and by elongated tubular structure at the other end. The tubular ...  Read More