Apodanthera mandonii, known as ckoto-ckoto, is grown for its edible tuber.[3][4] It is native to the Andes, ranging from Ecuador (Chimborazo Province) to Peru and Bolivia.[2]

Apodanthera mandonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Apodanthera
Species:
A. mandonii
Binomial name
Apodanthera mandonii
Cogn. (1876)
Synonyms[2]
  • Apodanthera herrerae Harms (1933)[1]
  • Apodanthera mandonii var. canescens Cogn. (1876)
  • Apodanthera mandonii var. dissecta Cogn. (1876)
  • Apodanthera moqueguana Mart.Crov. (1956)

References

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  1. ^ Harms, Hermann August Theodor. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 11: 770. 1933.
  2. ^ a b Apodanthera mandonii Cogn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ León, B., J. Roque, C. Ulloa Ulloa, N. C. A. Pitman, P. M. Jørgensen & A. Cano E. 2006 [2007]. El Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana de Biologia 13(núm. 2 especial): 1s–971s.
  4. ^ Macbride, J. F. 1937. Cucurbitaceae, Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(6/2): 321–383.