Refugio de Santiago a Refugio de Santiago - b
Refugio de Santiago - c

OUR YUYOS OR PREHISPANIC PLANTS

500 years ago began to be replaced by Eurasian vegetables, today in the begining of the XXI century returns to the culinary scene with pleasant surprises nutritious and palate.

  Common Name Scientific Name Family
1 Amaranto Amaranthus hybridus L. Amaranthaceae
2 Ataco morado, amaranto, yuyo Amaranthus paniculatus Amaranthaceae
3 Cabuya, pita, cordon, champa, maguey, ckara Agave americana Agavaceae
4 Canayuyu, cerraja, cana, serratula Sonchus oleraceus Asteraceae
5 Cedron, Maria luisa, verbena olorosa, te Aloysia triphylla Verbenaceae
6 Chancua, muña, poleo Minthostachys mollis Lamiaceae
7 Chirayuyu, llanten, carmel, cola de ardilla Plantago major Plantaginaceae
8 Coca Erythroxylon coca Erythroxylaceae
9 Flor del inca, pisonay, pisnay Erythrina falcata Fabaceae
10 Hoja de apichu, camote, batata dulce, Ipomoea batatas Convolvulaceae
11 Hoja de yuca, tapioca, mandioca, guacamote Manihot esculenta Euphorbiaceae
12 Jitka, colinabo, shita Brassica campestris Brassicaceae
13 Llutuyuyu, llutu llutu, verdolaga, flor de las once Portulaca oleracea Portulacaceae
14 Muña, arash muña, poleo silvestre Minthostachys setosa Lamiaceae
15 Paico, ambrosia, chenopodio, epazote Chenopodium ambrosioides Chenopodiaceae
16 Pilliyuyu, pilli pilli, diente de leon, amargon Taraxacum officinale Asteraceae
17 Pircayuyu, amor seco, pachunga, pirca, romerillo, Bidens pilosa Asteraceae
18 Ticsauyuyu, mastuerzo, capuchina, flor de sangre Tropaeolum majus Tropaeolaceae
 
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