Cyclanthera brachybotrys

(Poepp. & Endl.) Cogn.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten in salads, soups, and fried.

It is a tropical plant.

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South America, Venezuela,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A tropical climbing vine in the pumpkin family with 3-5 pointed lobed leaves. It is cultivated for its edible fruit.

It is cultivated.

Names & Synonyms

Achukcha, Achuqcha, Caigua

Cyclanthera achocchilla Spruce ex Cogn.Cyclanthera tomentosa Cogn.Momordica brachybotrys Poepp. & Endl.and others

References (5)

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Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 297
Roa, J. A. G. & Boada, D. S. G., 2018, Fundación para el Fortalecimiento de la Fruticultura y Plantas Alimenticias no Convencionales en Colombia.
Robinson, R.W., & Decker-Walters, D.S., Cucurbits. CAB International p
Torre, de la, L., et al, 2008, Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador. Herbario QCA. Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. p 298