Vasconcellea parviflora

Vasconcellea parviflora
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Brassicales
Family:	Caricaceae
Genus:	Vasconcellea
Species:	V. parviflora
Binomial name
Vasconcellea parviflora A.DC.
Synonyms
Carica parviflora (A.DC.) Solms Carica leptantha Harms Carica paniculata Spruce ex Solms Papaya paniculata (Spruce) Kuntze Papaya parviflora (A. DC.) Kuntze

Vasconcellea parviflora is a species of shrub in the family Caricaceae.^[2] It is native to SW Ecuador and NW Peru.^[2] It is polygamous, i.e. it can be dioecious or monoecious, showing either or both pistillate and staminate flowers (Badillo, 1993).^[3]