What is "babaco"

n. 1 A fruit tree, related to the papaya and native to mountainous areas of Ecuador, (taxlink Vasconcellea × heilbornii nothospecies) 2 The fruit of this tree

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".).