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On the Identity and Distribution of Vasconcellea pubescens (Caricaceae) in Asia


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1 Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram – 676 503, Kerala, India
2 Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
3 Edhkwehlynawd Botanical Refuge (EBR), c/o Dental Clinic, Ootacamund, Nilgiris, India
4 World Wildlife Fund, India
 

The present paper discusses the identity and distribution of Vasconcellea pubescens (Caricaceae) in Asian countries with detailed description and colour photographs. Here we also designate the lectotypes for the names Vasconcellea cestriflora and Carica candamarcensis.

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Carica papaya, India, Mountain Papaya, Nilgiri.
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Authors

Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram – 676 503, Kerala, India
Chandrasseril Narayanan Sunil
Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram – 676 503, Kerala, India
Tarun Chhabra
Edhkwehlynawd Botanical Refuge (EBR), c/o Dental Clinic, Ootacamund, Nilgiris, India
N. Mohanraj
World Wildlife Fund, India
Indira Balachandran
Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram – 676 503, Kerala, India

Abstract


The present paper discusses the identity and distribution of Vasconcellea pubescens (Caricaceae) in Asian countries with detailed description and colour photographs. Here we also designate the lectotypes for the names Vasconcellea cestriflora and Carica candamarcensis.

Keywords


Carica papaya, India, Mountain Papaya, Nilgiri.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo%2Fv60%2F2018%2F132421