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Vasconcellea
Vasconcellea is a genus of 26 evergreen, pachycaul shrubs or small trees from tropical South America, related to papaya and formerly placed in Carica. Several species, such as the mountain papaya (V. pubescens), are grown for their edible fruit, mainly in South America.
Vasconcellea is a genus with 26 species of flowering plants in the family Caricaceae. Most were formerly treated in the genus Carica, but have been split out on genetic evidence. The genus name has also been incorrectly spelled "Vasconcella".
They are evergreen pachycaul shrubs or small trees growing to 5 m tall, native to tropical South America. Many have edible fruit similar to the closely related papaya, and some are widely cultivated in South America.
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