- Family:
- Caricaceae Dumort.
- Genus:
- Vasconcellea A.St.-Hil.
Vasconcellea pubescens A.DC.

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- chilacuán, chilguacán, higuillo, papaya de olor, papaya de tierra fría, papayuela, papayuela maligna, papayuelo, tapacú, tapaculo
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 1100–3600 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Meta, Nariño, Putumayo, Santander.
- Habit
- Tree.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Cammon, Chilacuan, Chilacuán, Chilhuacán, Chilicuan, Higuillo, Papacú, Papaya de olor, Papaya de tierra fría, Papaya silvestre, Papayito de los andes
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Distribution
- Native and cultivated in Colombia.
- Ecology
- Alt. 1100 - 3600 m.
- Morphology General Habit
- Tree.
- Vernacular
- Cammon, titi-ish.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 1100 - 3600 m.; Andes.
- Morphology General Habit
- Árbol
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[UPFC]
- Use Animal Food
- Used as animal food.
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Gene Sources
- Used as gene sources.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
[UPB]
- Use Animal Food
- Aerial parts eaten by birds (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
- Use Food
- Infructescences - Edible fruit (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
- Use Gene Sources
- Crop wild relatives which may possess beneficial traits of value in breeding programmes (State of the World's Plants 2016).
- Use Medicines Digestive System Disorders
- Infructescences - Used in liquid medicines to alleviate stomachache (Lagos-López 2007).
- Use Medicines Genitourinary System Disorders
- Infructescences - Used in liquid medicines as a diuretic (Lagos-López 2007).
- Use Medicines Infections & Infestations
- Leaves - Used in the treatment of tonsillitis (Florez-Cárdenas et al. 2010).
- Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
- Medicinal (Instituto Humboldt 2014).
Native to:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Costa Rica, India, Juan Fernández Is., New Zealand North, Rwanda, Sri Lanka
- 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 cundinamarcensis (Linden) Kuntze
- Papaya pubescens (Lenné & K.Koch) Kuntze
- Vasconcellea cestriflora A.DC.
- Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis V.M.Badillo
- English
- Mountain Pawpaw, Moutain Papaya
- Spanish
- Papayo, tapaya de altura, chilacuan, chilicuan, papaya de tierra fría, papaya silvestre, papayote, papayuela, tapaculo, papayito de los Andes, higuillo.
Vasconcellea pubescens A.DC. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Mar 21, 2013 | Allen, P.H. [4675], Panama | K000500505 | isotype | Yes | |
Jul 9, 1968 | Ecuador | Carica pubescens | K000500504 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Jul 9, 1968 | Ecuador | Carica pubescens | K000500503 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Carica pubescens | 70000.265 | No |
First published in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 419 (1864)
Accepted by
- Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(2): 1-524. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
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