Sunday, May 25, 2008

Papaw

Coles, Bentley Western Australia
Last few weeks I went to Coles with my sister. And I saw this fruit...papaya...err nope..it is clearly written yellow papaw. I thought it might be the same fruit so called papaya but with a different names. I did some reading about it and there is literature claimed papaw is another name for papaya.
The scientific name of papaya is Carica papaya L whereas the common name is Betik - Malaysia, Mamao - Brazil, Papaw or paw paw - Australasia and tree melon (mugua) - China.
Somehow there is another literature trying to distinguish between papaw and papaya.
Papaw -Distinct yellow flesh and tends to be a larger fruit
Papaya - Orange to red flesh and usually a smaller oval or pear shaped fruit
But my conclusion, papaya is papaw and papaw is papaya...ahaks..to make life easier!

52 comments:

Unknown said...

papaw? hihkhik

Alex Madina said...

sedapnya buah tu. makan byk buah, insyaallah akan awet muda.

kak ja said...

Papaw ke,papaya ke..betik je lah ... Tak pyh susah2.. kasi hantam sj...

Yaya said...

papaw??nasib baik tak fafau (fara fauzana) hehehehe

echah_syed said...

mahainyerrr!

buah yg paaling murah kat sini..hehh :)

nnt balik mesia mkn bebanyak ekk :D


~ sgt menghargai bumi mesia ku tercenta !

mOEha Aziz said...

salam arsaili,

papaw ke papaya ke.. janji best.... :)

uiks, cik alex pun ade... hehehe :)

izman said...

ala panggi betik je senang.

nampak mcm dah kecut dah tu. kalau kat tempat orang semua nampak sedap kan?

TokNabe said...

Tambah perbendaharaan kata hari ni papaw.. hehe betik.

hUmmY said...

hahaha!

papaw~

sdap ke papaw tu?

;p

CikguZue said...

ntah2 papaw export dr M'sia jugak...

zino said...

harga nya pulak macam mana?

Masy said...

olololo kiutnye nama papaw.

can i paw the papaw from u? :D

NuRuL said...

owh..kalo pegi australia nak makan betik..takleh sebut papaya lar..kena sebut papaw eh..hehe

Mak Su said...

yg penting....sedapp. ek

Hafiz said...

papaw atau papaya, kalau rasa nya sama sahaja, maka tak perlu nak bezakan antara dua-dua buah tu ;)

blackpurple @ jowopinter said...

Dah kat sana ke bro'.

Ah! Lama sungguh tak ikut perkembangan sdr.

en_me said...

buah papaw itteww menggerutu kulitnyer yer..

Anonymous said...

wo..saya suka buah..hehe.

Anonymous said...

rasenye same je kn? rase cam da lame lak x mkn betik.

aria ayumi said...

erk, papaya ke tuh? ingatkan buah mangga. ngehh

Anonymous said...

Kecik jer ekh papaw dia..Bagus nih menambahkan perbendaharaan kata :)

fusarium solani said...

salam,
terima kasih lawat blogku.
semoga kita terus bersahabat di dunia maya ini.

Anonymous said...

salam bro. ajar sikit mat saleh tu:

"this is betik. BETIK. not papau okeh. and not papaya. B.E.T.I.K. hehhe"

ajar sikit bahasa kita. hehe

kuchalana said...

papaw.. kakaka.. dorg ni slalu xnak sama dgn org lain.. walaupon hakikatnya sama..

waliz said...

as long it looks the same , taste the same..name doesnt matter!

muadzlife said...

betik sedap kalau titiskan limau...

MZ said...

some people self proclaimed as civilized people ... take seriously this 'name' issue!

kuIna said...

ha papaw... ckp B.E.T.I.K la senang. prktaan ni e mmbuatkn sy trpaksa mengodam wikipedia.

mad redo1 said...

betik = papaya = papaw = SEDAP...

kawaii_desu said...

huhu i only eat PAPAW when i susah gi jamban muahaha

kawaii_desu said...

huhu i only eat PAPAW when i susah gi jamban muahaha

meen said...

macam comel jek sebut papaw tu, tapi bunyi macam kuih pau plak hihi

Anonymous said...

wah2 nak papaw grark.. nak tapau lebih skit nih hehehe!

Anonymous said...

haha...
Bagus laa sifat ingin tahu awak ni bro, siap balik rumah buat research lagi. Anyway, kau dapat pahala sebab menambahkan satu lagi ilmu kat aku.

pandagumuk. said...

sy suke papaw.tetiap ari mesti makan papaw.papaw sedap.

bole buat iklan tak.hee (:

Pak Ngah: said...

:: salam...

:: betik muda sedap diulam dengan mana2 perencah mengikut citarasa memasing... emmm... sedappp...

:: cuti gawai panjang tempohnya... tak balik bergawai...?

Anonymous said...

lamanya saya tidak makan betik. Di Jepun, boleh tahan harganya. tapi saya suka makan water melon dr tree melon..hhehe

Syam said...

salam arsaili..kalau patik sebut payapa je..huahh..huahh..huahh.. :p

zura lias said...

good....dpt info baru..terus search..betul ar..paw paw tu same dgn papaya..:D

13may said...

aku tak makan betik :D

Sastri said...

the taste? is it the same? :)

IamYonna said...

haha..papaw??
cutenye name :p
tp still papaya :p

Mulan said...

ha ah.. saya pernah gaduh dgn hubby pasal nama batik tu..

hajarss said...

betik forever


;)

Mazza Homemade Cookies said...

wa!..byk namanya..rasanya mungkin sama kot..ataupun betik sedap lagi?..tapi betik=papaya=papaw..so sama sedap lah kot..ah!..makan je..

ann said...

when we live far away from home, we are happy enough to find a perfect subtitute of what we like at home :)

Maryam said...

papaw ke papaya ke betik ke... saya tak makan... tapi getah dia buleh ubatkan ketuat, kan? dengar orang cakap tapi tatau. :D

@xiM said...

papw?erkkkk apa tuh...cam tak penah dengar jek..

Abang Long said...

Salam hormat. TERIMA KASIH kerana mengirimkan fotonya.

Disana, ramai peminat buah durian ?

Kasawari said...

Bro.. nanti balik Msia bawak eh 10 kg buah papaw ni.. he he.. mahal gak eh harga dia.. rasa macam betik eh..

Diary of my now said...

papaw~??
ingatkan kueh pau, papaya rupanya
teeheehee....

shafarina said...

nampak comel sket papaw berbanding betik