Vasconcellea parviflora A.DC. is a plant in the Caricaceae family, order Brassicales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Vasconcellea parviflora A.DC.

Vasconcellea parviflora A.DC.

Vasconcellea parviflora A.DC. is a polygamous shrub in the Caricaceae family native to parts of Ecuador and Peru.

Family
Genus
Vasconcellea
Order
Brassicales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Vasconcellea parviflora A.DC.

Vasconcellea parviflora A.DC. is a shrub species that belongs to the Caricaceae plant family. It is native to southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. This species is polygamous, meaning it can be either dioecious or monoecious, producing only pistillate flowers, only staminate flowers, or both types of flowers (Badillo, 1993).

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Brassicales Caricaceae Vasconcellea

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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