| Author: | Georg Hans Emmo
Wolfgang Hieronymus, 1882 |
| Family: |
CARICACEAE |
| Origin: |
Argentina,
Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, Uruguay |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
60
centimetres |
| Height: |
5
meters |
| Flower:
|
Yellow-Greenish |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Fig
tree of the Mount, Mamón of the Mount, Higuera del Monte,
Mamón del Monte |
| Synonyms: |
Vasconcellea
quercifolia A.St.-Hil. Papaya quercifolia,
Kuntze, 1891. Carica hastaefolia hort. ex Solms,
Carica hastata Brign., Carica lanceolata (A. DC.)
Benth. & Hook. ex Hieron. Carica lanceolata
(A. DC.) Solms. Papaya lanceolata (A. DC.) Kuntze.
Vasconcellea lanceolata A. DC. - and
some others.... |
This dioecious member of the Caricaceae family was described by
Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus in1882. It is found in Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Brazil and Uruguay.
The stem will grow to 60 centimetres in diameter and reach for up to
five or more meters. It preferring a well drained soil with some water
and some sun. The flowers are greenish-yellow.
The genera name means
from the leaves resembles with fig-leaves. The species name means
'with leaves like the oaks'.
An other
species of this genera: C.
chilensis, Solms 1889, Chile,1,5 meter, Flower: Green-purple. |
