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| Babaco | |
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| Babaco fruit being sold as food | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Caricaceae |
| Genus: | Vasconcellea |
| Species: | V. × heilbornii
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| Binomial name | |
| Vasconcellea × heilbornii | |
The babaco (Vasconcellea × heilbornii; syn. Carica pentagona), is a hybrid cultivar in the genus Vasconcellea from Ecuador. It is a hybrid between Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis (syn. Carica pubescens, "mountain papaya".), and Vasconcellea stipulata (syn. Carica stipulata, "toronche".) although Vasconcellea weberbaueri has also been mentioned as a contributor to the hybrid.[1][2]
- ^ Aguirre-Rodríguez, Adriana; Duarte-Casar, Rodrigo; Rojas-Le-Fort, Marlene; Romero-Benavides, Juan Carlos (2024-09-01). "Food uses, functional activities, and bioactive compounds of three Ecuadorian Vasconcellea fruits: Bibliometric analysis and review". Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. 17: 101244. doi:10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101244. ISSN 2666-1543.
- ^ VAN DROOGENBROECK, B.; KYNDT, T.; ROMEIJN-PEETERS, E.; VAN THUYNE, W.; GOETGHEBEUR, P.; ROMERO-MOTOCHI, J. P.; GHEYSEN, G. (2006-02-24). "Evidence of Natural Hybridization and Introgression between Vasconcellea Species (Caricaceae) from Southern Ecuador Revealed by Chloroplast, Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Markers". Annals of Botany. 97 (5): 793–805. doi:10.1093/aob/mcl038. ISSN 1095-8290. PMC 2803430. PMID 16500954.