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Papaya
Carica papaya
A fast-growing, single-stemmed tropical tree native to Mesoamerica, prized for its sweet melon-flavoured fruit and digestive papain enzyme.
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Table of contents
| Papaya | Paper Birch | Peach | Pear |
| Pecan | Pistachio | Plum | Pomegranate |
| Ponderosa Pine |
List of Trees That Start With P
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Paper Birch
Betula papyrifera
A white-barked deciduous birch of the northern North American forests, whose peeling bark sheets the canoes and writing scrolls of First Nations peoples.
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Peach
Prunus persica
A small Chinese-origin deciduous fruit tree of the rose family, grown across warm temperate climates for its velvety-skinned summer drupes.
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Pear
Pyrus communis
A long-lived deciduous fruit tree of European and Asian origin, cultivated for its sweet, gritty-fleshed pomes and as ornamental cultivars.
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Pecan
Carya illinoinensis
A large American hickory of the south-central river bottoms, producing oblong nuts that are the only major commercial nut native to the United States.
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Pistachio
Pistacia vera
A small deciduous tree of the Central Asian arid zones, cultivated for thousands of years for its green-kerneled nuts and rosy split shells.
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Plum
Prunus domestica
A widely cultivated deciduous fruit tree of the rose family, grown across temperate climates for its juicy, single-stoned fruits.
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Pomegranate
Punica granatum
A small deciduous tree or shrub of the Middle East and the Caucasus, cultivated for its leathery red fruit filled with juicy, jewel-like seed arils.
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Ponderosa Pine
Pinus ponderosa
A tall western American pine with butterscotch-scented bark that dominates dry, fire-shaped forests across the interior West.
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