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Vasconcellea stipulata, known also as toronche or jigacho, is a fruit-bearing species in the Vasconcellea genus, Caricaceae family. It is native to Ecuador and Peru.
Babaco is a natural hybrid of V. stipulata and V. pubescens, although it has been suggested that other species may be involved.
It is the least commercially exploited species among those of economic importance in Ecuador. Its use is limited to domestic and small-scale cultivation, and its food uses are mainly confections and preserves.
Babaco · Mountain Papaya · Austral Papaya · Highland Papaya · Vasconcellea horovitziana · Vasconcellea monoica · Vasconcellea omnilingua · Vasconcellea palandensis · Vasconcellea parviflora · Mountain papaya · Vasconcellea pulchra · Oak Leaf Pawpaw
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vasconcellea stipulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
