Vasconcellea candicans

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Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Caricaceae
Genus: Vasconcellea
Species: Vasconcellea candicans
Name

Vasconcellea candicans (A. Gray) A. DC., Prodr. 15(1): 417 (1864)
Synonyms

Carica candicans A. Gray
Carica integrifolia Raimondi
Papaya candicans (A. Gray) Kuntze

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Regional: Western South America
Peru

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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

De Candolle, A.L.P.P., 1864. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 15(1): 417.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Vasconcellea candicans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Vasconcellea candicans in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Vasconcellea candicans. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Vasconcellea candicans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Aug. 30.

Vernacular names

Vasconcellea candicans is a small tree native to the western slopes of the Andes in southern Ecuador and Peru.[1]

Description

Small dioecious shrub or tree to 8 m high.[1] Leaves ovate or almost rounded, with a slightly cordate base, margin entire or sometimes sinuately dentate and obtuse or acute apex; palmately veined; glabrous above, hairy below.[2] Male inflorescence a small cyme with many flowers; tiny 5- or 7-lobed calyx; 5- or 7- lobed corolla; stamens twice as many as the lobes of the corolla, with linear-oblong anthers.[2] Flowers greenish to purplish. Fruit ellipsoidal, yellow green at maturity, 10-18 x 4-6 cm; many seeds.[1]
Vernacular names

Chungay (in Ecuador).[1]

Mito, uliucana, jerju, odeque (in Peru).[1]
Uses

Edible fruit.[1]
Cultivation

Propagated by seeds.[1]
References

"Vasconcella candicans". www.tropicallab.ugent.be. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
Gray, Asa (1854). "United States Exploring Expedition". v.15:pt.1: 640–641.