papaya gender bender

[treefrog]

female papaya plants bear fruit, but this one doesn't look female.

[Mike T]

Fruit shape is that of a bisex plant and it is not a male.A picture of the flowers would reveal all.

[SWRancher]

I had a male Papaya plant that bore fruit after suffering cold damage. The male fruit smelled and tasted really terrible.   

[fruitlovers]

I had a male Papaya plant that bore fruit after suffering cold damage. The male fruit smelled and tasted really terrible.   

It wasn't a male fruit. That is a contradiction in terms. What happens is that occasionally male trees will make some few flowers that are either hermaphrodites or females. You need an ovary to get fruit development.

[Mike T]

Male papaya plants with fruit are not a rarity and they look spectacular with fruit on long stalks.Some males can have plenty of fruit.The fruit are seedless and don't taste good at all.

[BMc]

The tall male plant next door gets loaded with lots of fruit. But even the bats don't rrouvh them.

[treefrog]

maybe i should have included an emoticon   

[Mike T]

tf the flowers show you immediately and unambiguously what sex it is but maybe not its gender (eg fruiting males).
Hidden a gender?