Elliott Cutler

Cucurbita ecuadorensis is a species of squash, described in 1965 as growing wild in Ecuador. Like most wild gourds and squashes, it is a creeping vine and is often found climbing over other vegetation. It has been found only in the western provinces of Guayas and Manabí. There is evidence that it was domesticated in Ecuador around 10,000 years ago, likely for its seeds, but no direct records exist and it is no longer cultivated. It is resistant to many diseases of cultivated Cucurbita species, and has been used to breed resistance to several diseases into common squashes. For example,

Tripsacum australe is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte which grows primarily in the wet tropical biome and is endemic to South America. Some common Spanish names for this species, according to Universidad Nacional de Columbia, include 'arroz silvestre', 'cañarote', and 'gramalote'.