Vasconcellea candicans
(A. Gray) A. DC.
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
Fruit - raw, cooked or preserved. They can be roasted or cooked into a stew. The dry, fibrous fruits have a good odour and a pleasant taste. The fruit is cucumber-shaped; blunt at the smaller base and at tip; obscurely 5-angled; 10 - 13cm long x 3 - 4cm wide; the many seeds imbedded in the fleshy pulp.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Andes, Ecuador, Peru, South America,
How to Identify
A tropical tree in the Caricaceae family.
How to Grow
Propagation: Seed - sow in individual containers or in a nursery seedbed in light shade. Germination can be slow and difficult, taking about 30 days. Seedlings can be planted out when 4 - 6 months old.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Vasconcellea candicans is a small tree native to the western slopes of the Andes in southern Ecuador and Peru.
Notes
There are 22 (45) Carica species.
References (8)
- Badillo, V. M. 2000. Carica L. vs. Vasconcella St. Hil. (Caricaceae) con la rehabilitacion de este ultimo. Ernstia 10:76
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- Martin, F. W., et al, 1987, Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics. USDA Handbook 642 p 90 (As Carica candicans)
- Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 275
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