Vasconcellea stipulata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| genus = Vasconcellea

| species = stipulata

| authority = (V.M.Badillo)

| synonyms = {{Species list | Carica stipulata | V.M.Badillo}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=1015575-1 |title=Vasconcellea stipulata |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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Vasconcellea stipulata, known also as toronche or jigacho, is a fruit-bearing species in the Vasconcellea genus, Caricaceae family. It is native to Ecuador and Peru.

Babaco is a natural hybrid of V. stipulata and V. pubescens, although it has been suggested that other species may be involved.{{cite journal | vauthors = Van Droogenbroeck B, Kyndt T, Romeijn-Peeters E, Van Thuyne W, Goetghebeur P, Romero-motochi JP, Gheysen G | title = Evidence of Natural Hybridization and Introgression between Vasconcellea Species (Caricaceae) from Southern Ecuador Revealed by Chloroplast, Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA Markers | journal = Annals of Botany | volume = 97 | issue = 5 | pages = 793–805 | date = May 2006 | pmid = 16500954 | pmc = 2803430 | doi = 10.1093/aob/mcl038 }}