Vasconcellea quercifoliaA.St.-Hil.

oakleaf carica

WFO wfo-0001291251 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vasconcellea quercifolia, photographed by Fernando Sessegolo
fig. a Fernando Sessegolo, CC0 1.0 / 2021-04-08 / obs. 119979615
Vasconcellea quercifolia, photographed by Gonzalo Martinez
fig. b Gonzalo Martinez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106393531
Vasconcellea quercifolia, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. c Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59354793
Vasconcellea quercifolia, photographed by Patricio Cowper Coles
fig. d Patricio Cowper Coles, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152309739
Vasconcellea quercifolia, photographed by Gonzalo Martinez
fig. e Gonzalo Martinez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153349590
Vasconcellea quercifolia, photographed by Gonzalo Martinez
fig. f Gonzalo Martinez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136122438
Vasconcellea quercifolia, photographed by Pablo H Capovilla
fig. g Pablo H Capovilla, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174390689
Vasconcellea quercifolia, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. h William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 108992258

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Vasconcellea quercifolia is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralParaguayPeruUruguay
Native distribution of Vasconcellea quercifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Uruguay URU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Carica acuta Heilborn
  • Carica bonplandiana Solms
  • Carica hastata Brign.
  • Carica hastifolia Solms
  • Carica lanceolata (A.DC.) Hieron.
  • Carica quercifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Hieron.
  • Carica tunariensis (Kuntze) K.Schum.
  • Papaya lanceolata (A.DC.) Kuntze
  • Papaya quercifolia (A.St.-Hil.) Baill.
  • Papaya quercifolia Kuntze
  • Papaya tunariensis Kuntze
  • Vasconcellea hastata (Brign.) Caruel
  • Vasconcellea lanceolata A.DC.
  • Vasconcellosia hastata Caruel

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol CAQU9. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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