Vasconcellea palandensis (V.M.Badillo, Van Den Eynden & Van Damme) V.M.Badillo

A small tree. Plants are separately male and female. The leaves are compound and there are 5-9 leaflets like the fingers on a hand. The fruit are carried along the trunk. The fruit are 7-8 cm across. The seeds are arranged in 5 groups. There is pulp around each group of seeds.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the humid eastern Andes at about 1,800 m above sea level.

The fruit pulp is eaten raw. They are also cooked. They can be used for a drink.

Can be grown by seedlings.