PUBLISHED IN: Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 755. 1881.

TYPE: Peru, Poeppig 2211 (LE, W).

ETYMOLOGY: glandular.

BASIONYM: Bryonia glandulosa Poepp. & Endl., Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum 2: 56, t. 175. 1838.

SYNONYMY: Cayaponia heterophylla (Naudin) Cogn., Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 758. 1881. Type: Colombia, Triana s.n., 1851–57 (G). Basionym: Trianosperma heterophylla Naudin, Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, série 4 16: 144. 1862.
     Cayaponia ottoniana Cogn., Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 755. 1881. Type: Venezuela, Otto, E. 856, no date (B).
     Cayaponia poeppigii Cogn. Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 756. 1881. Type: Peru, Spruce 4545, 1855–56 (B).
     Cayaponia tomentosa Cogn., Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 747. 1881. Type: Peru, Ruiz s.n., 1791 (B).
     Trianosperma heterophylla Naudin, Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, série 4 16: 144. 1862. Syntype: Colombia, Triana 3395 (G(photo, MO), K, P); Colombia, Triana 5126 (P).

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DISTRIBUTION: Colombia to Bolivia.

ECOLOGY: 0–2500 m.

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OTHER USE: Crushed leaves and stems used as an insect repellent.

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LITERATURE: Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi . 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
     Dodson, C. H. & A. H. Gentry. 1978. Flora of the Río Palenque Science Center: Los Ríos Province, Ecuador. Selbyana. 4(1–6): i–xxx, 1–628.
     Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez (eds.). 1999. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 75: i–viii, 1–1182.
     Macbride, J. F. 1937. Cucurbitaceae, Flora of Peru. Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series. 13(6/2): 321–383.
     Renner, S. S., H. Balslev & L. B. Holm-Nielsen. 1990. Flowering plants of Amazonian Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Reports 24: 1–241.

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