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Caricaceae

Mountain papaya

Vasconcellea pubescens A.DC.

Family
Caricaceae
Genus
Vasconcellea

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Mountain papaya: Locally called as "papayuela" in the Andean highlands. Locality: Rionegro, Colombia, CORPOICA field station, 2100 m.a.s.l.
Photo: Michael Hermann, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (18)
Arabic
فاسكونسيليا زغبية
ban
Gedang memedi
Catalan
Chamburo, Papaia de muntanya, Papayuelo
Chinese
山番木瓜
Dutch
Bergpapaja, Bergpapaya
English
Mountain papaya
Indonesian
Pepaya gunung
Japanese
カリカ
Javanese
Carica
Kinyarwanda
Ipapaya y’umusozi
Korean
산파파야
Persian
پاپایا کوهی
Portuguese
Mountain Papaya
Russian
Горная папайя
Slovenian
Gorska papaja
Spanish
Chamburo, Chamburu, Chamburú, Chilacuan, Chilacuán, Chiluacan, Chiluacán, Papayuelo
Thai
มะละกอภูเขา
Turkish
Dağ papayası

Synonyms

  • Carica candamarcensis Hook.f.
  • Carica cestriflora Solms
  • Carica chiriquensis Woodson
  • Carica cundinamarcensis Linden
  • Carica pubescens Lenné & K.Koch
  • Carica pubescens Solms
  • Papaya cestriflora (A.DC.) Kuntze
  • Papaya cundinamarcencis (Linden) Kuntze
  • Papaya cundinamarcensis (Linden) Kuntze
  • Papaya pubescens (Lenné & K.Koch) Kuntze
  • Vasconcellea cestriflora A.DC.
  • Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis V.M.Badillo

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.