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Crops originating from Ecuador

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chili pepper
fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae
cacao
tree native to tropical South America producing cocoa beans - the source plant of cacao and chocolate
Annona cherimola
The cherimoya (Annona cherimola), also spelled cherimoyer and chirimoya, and called chirimuya by the Quechua people, is a species of edible fruit-bearing plant in the genus Annona, within the family Annonaceae, which also includes the closely related sweetsop and soursop. Native to mountainous regions of Honduras and Guatemala, the plant has a long history of cultivation in the Andes and Central America
cocoa bean
fatty seed of Theobroma cacao which is the basis of chocolate
Solanum betaceum
The tamarillo (Solanum betaceum) is a tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Solanaceae (the nightshade family). It bears an egg-shaped edible fruit. It is common globally, especially in its native South America (as the Quechuan in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador, or as tomate andino in other Andean countries), and has been introduced in New Zealand, Nepal, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Australia, and Bhutan.
Capsicum frutescens
species of chili pepper
Solanum muricatum
species of plant
Pouteria caimito
species of flowering plant
Nicotiana glauca
species of plant
Solanum quitoense
species of plant
Oxalis tuberosa
species of plant
Solanum pseudocapsicum
species of plant
Mashua
food crop plant species
Passiflora ligularis
species of plant
Gossypium barbadense
species of plant
Ullucus tuberosus
Ullucus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Basellaceae, with one species, Ullucus tuberosus, a plant grown primarily as a root vegetable, secondarily as a leaf vegetable. The name ulluco is derived from the Quechua word , but depending on the region, it has many different names. These include illaco (in Aymara), melloco (in Ecuador), chungua or ruba (in Colombia), olluco or papa lisa (in Bolivia and Peru), or ulluma (in Argentina).
Mountain papaya
species of plant
Arracacia xanthorrhiza
species of plant
Lupinus mutabilis
legume grown primarily in Ecuador as a green manure and for its grain
Vasconcellea ×heilbornii
The babaco (Vasconcellea × heilbornii; syn. Carica pentagona), is a hybrid cultivar in the genus Vasconcellea from Ecuador. It is a hybrid between Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis (syn. Carica pubescens, "mountain papaya"), and Vasconcellea stipulata (syn. Carica stipulata, "toronche") although Vasconcellea weberbaueri has also been mentioned as a contributor to the hybrid.
Passiflora tarminiana
species of plant
Solanum pimpinellifolium
species of plant
Q15613669
species of plant
Sambucus peruviana
species of plant
Juglans neotropica
species of plant
Solanum pseudolulo
species of plant
Solanum caripense
species of plant
banana passionfruit
fruit
Solanum pachyandrum
species of plant
Mirabilis expansa
species of plant
Solanum candidum
species of plant
Lucuma bifera
species of flowering plant