Vasconcellea monoica

Botanical Description

Peladera is a shrub growing 1 - 4 metres tall. The fruit is well liked within the plants native range[ 196 Title Lost Crops of the Incas Publication Author Popenoe. H. et al Publisher National Academy Press Year 1990 ISBN 0-309-04264-X Description An excellent book. Very readable, with lots of information and good pictures of some lesser known food plants of S. America. ]. It is sometimes harvested from the wild, and the tree is also sometimes semi-cultivated or cultivated. The fruit is sold in local markets[ 196 Title Lost Crops of the Incas Publication Author Popenoe. H. et al Publisher National Academy Press Year 1990 ISBN 0-309-04264-X Description An excellent book. Very readable, with lots of information and good pictures of some lesser known food plants of S. America. , 669 Title Red Book of Crop Wild Relatives in Bolivia Publication Author Mora A. Et al Website http://www.cropwildrelatives.org/fileadmin/www.cropwildrelatives.org/documents/Red%20Book%20of%20CWR%20of%20BOL_eng.pdf Publisher VMABCC-BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL; Bolivia Year 2009 ISBN Description Basic information on a number of less well-known crops in Bolivia. ].