Vasconcellea pubescens

The mountain papaya also known as mountain pawpaw, papayuelo, chamburo . Vasconcellea pubescens An evergreen pachycaul large shrub or small tree , up to 5 metres and can grow up to 10 metres tall Interestingly existence of flowers of different sexes appears to depend on the season Unique fruit grows spirally along the trunk and a single tree can produce 50-60 fruits per year Fruit 615 centimetres long & 38 centimetres wide Fruits start green mature yellow to orange The fruit pulp is edible, just like papaya, is usually cooked as a vegetable , also eaten raw It has one central stem and palmate leaves of 5-7 lobes Endemic to the Andes of northwestern South America from Colombia south to central Chile @ altitudes 1,5003,000 metres.

Family:
Caricaceae