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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus: | Apodanthera |
| Species: | A. mandonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Apodanthera mandonii Cogn. (1876)
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References
edit- ^ Harms, Hermann August Theodor. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 11: 770. 1933.
- ^ a b Apodanthera mandonii Cogn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Macbride, J. F. 1937. Cucurbitaceae, Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(6/2): 321–383.
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