Vasconcellea candicans
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Caricaceae |
| Genus: | Vasconcellea |
| Species: | V. candicans
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| Vasconcellea candicans | |
Vasconcellea candicans is a small tree native to the western slopes of the Andes in southern Ecuador and Peru.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]Chungay (in Ecuador).[1]
Mito, uliucana, jerju, odeque (in Peru).[1]
Uses
[edit]Edible fruit.[1]
Cultivation
[edit]Propagated by seeds.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Vasconcella candicans". www.tropicallab.ugent.be. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ^ a b Gray, Asa (1854). "United States Exploring Expedition". v.15:pt.1: 640–641.
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