Vasconcellea
Vasconcellea is a genus with 26 species of flowering plants in the family Caricaceae. Most were formerly treated in the genus Carica, but have been split out on genetic evidence. The genus name has also been incorrectly spelled "Vasconcella".
They are evergreen pachycaul shrubs or small trees growing to 5 m tall, native to tropical South America. Many have edible fruit similar to the closely related papaya, and some are widely cultivated in South America.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Mountain pawpaw
speciesVasconcellea pubescens
Chilean papaya
speciesVasconcellea chilensis
Mountain papaya
speciesVasconcellea candicans
Vasconcellea parviflora
speciesVasconcellea parviflora
Babaco
hybridVasconcellea × pentagona
oak-leaf pawpaw
speciesVasconcellea quercifolia
Vasconcellea cauliflora
speciesVasconcellea cauliflora
Vasconcellea lanceolata
speciesVasconcellea lanceolata
Vasconcellea monoica
speciesVasconcellea monoica
Vasconcellea glandulosa
speciesVasconcellea glandulosa
Vasconcellea goudotiana
speciesVasconcellea goudotiana
Vasconcellea microcarpa
speciesVasconcellea microcarpa
Vasconcellea stipulata
speciesVasconcellea stipulata
Vasconcellea sphaerocarpa
speciesVasconcellea sphaerocarpa
Vasconcellea palandensis
speciesVasconcellea palandensis
Vasconcellea horovitziana
speciesVasconcellea horovitziana
Vasconcellea longiflora
speciesVasconcellea longiflora
Vasconcellea pulchra
speciesVasconcellea pulchra
Vasconcellea aurantiaca
speciesVasconcellea aurantiaca
Vasconcellea omnilingua
speciesVasconcellea omnilingua
Vasconcellea sprucei
speciesVasconcellea sprucei
Vasconcellea weberbaueri
speciesVasconcellea weberbaueri
Vasconcellea jossei
speciesVasconcellea jossei
Vasconcellea chachapoyensis
speciesVasconcellea chachapoyensis
Vasconcellea crassipetala
speciesVasconcellea crassipetala
Vasconcellea pentalobis
speciesVasconcellea pentalobis
Vasconcellea peruviensis
speciesVasconcellea peruviensis
Vasconcellea badilloi
speciesVasconcellea badilloi
Vasconcellea carvalhoae
speciesVasconcellea carvalhoae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 444614.