Published in Duchesne. (1786). In: Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 2: 151.
The native range of this species is as a cultigen from Bolivia to N. Argentina. It is a scrambling annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food, a medicine and invertebrate food and for food.