Papaya is not only its fruit that can be used, almost all parts of the papaya can be utilized. Starting from the root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit, bark, sap even have useful properties for the body.
According to VN Villegas in his article published Plant Resources of Southeast Asia 2: Fruits that can be eaten, about 60 percent of the ripe fruit of papaya can be eaten.Every 100 grams of papaya on average contain 86.6 grams of water, 0.5 grams protein, 0.3 grams fat, 12.1 grams carbohydrates, 0.7 grams fiber, 0.5 grams of ash, 34 mg calcium, 11 mg phosphorus, 1 mg iron, 3 mg potassium, 450 mg vitamin A, 74 mg vitamin C, 0.03 mg thiamine, 0.5 mg niasina, and 0.04 mg of riboflavin.

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