| Author: |
H.M.C.L.F. zu Solms-Laubach, 1889
|
| Family: |
CARICACEAE |
| Origin: |
Peru,
Ecuador |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
30
centimetres |
| Height: |
3
meters |
| Flower:
|
Rose-Red |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings? |
| Names:
|
Papayillo,
Yucca de Campo, Papaya de Monte |
| Synonyms: |
Vasconcellea
parviflora A.DC 1864. Carica leptantha Harms,
1922. Carica paniculata Spruce, 1869. Papaya
paniculata Kuntze, 1891. Papaya parviflora
Kuntze, 1891 |
This dioecious member of the Caricaceae family was
given this name by Hermann Maximilian Carl Ludwig Friedrich zu
Solms-Laubach
in 1889. It is found in Peru and Ecuador, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and some sun. It will raise for three meters
with a swollen base, reaching 30 centimetres in diameter. The flowers are rose
to red.
The genera name means
from the leaves resembles with fig-leaves. The species name means
'with small flowers'.
An other
species of this genera: Carica
chilensis, Solms 1889, Chile,1,5 meter, Flower: Green-purple.
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