The Jungle Book is set in India, so you would expect it to be a papaya but that doesn't really make sense either. This page talks about it: http://expatpawpaw.b

The Jungle Book is set in India, so you would expect it to be a papaya but that doesn't really make sense either. This page talks about it: http://expatpawpaw.blogspot.com/2016/02/that-song-about-pawpaws-those-other.html?m=1 http://expatpawpaw.blogspot.com/2016/02/that-song-about-pawp... Honestly I'm kinda shocked that an article all about explaining what a pawpaw is didn't lead with the fact that the same word can refer to two completely different fruits.