Quinoa
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(knwä´), tall annual herb (Chenopodium quinoa) of the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family), whose seeds have provided a staple food for peoples of the higher Andes since pre-Columbian times.
Chenopodium quinoa
Nombres relacionados: Chenopodiaceae (familia), Quinoa (castellano).
Chenopodium quinoa
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Quinoa is a perennial, indigenous to the high tableland of the Cordilleras, where, at the conquest by the Spaniards, it was the only farinaceous grain used as food.
Ajara (Peru) [Spanish]: Chenopodium quinoa milleanum
Ajara Nili [Sanskrit]: Indigofera aspalathoides
Ajawiri (Bolivia) [Spanish]: Solanum x ajanhuiri
Ajax Holly [English]: Ilex x koehneana 'Ajax'
Ají De Chilicchi [Spanish]: Erythrina falcata ...
Other members of the Chenopodiaceae that are nutritious and delicious potherbs are beets and Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris), orach (Atriplex hortensis) and quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa).
Chenopodium album (Lambsquarters, Goosefoot, Wild Spinach)
Chenopodium ambrosioides (Mexican Tea, Epazote)
Chenopodium quinoa (Quinoa)
Enchylaena tomentosa (Ruby Salt Bush, Ruby Sheepbush)
Kochia scoparia (Mexican Fireweed, Summer Cypress) ...
quinoa), Atriplex (300), Gomphrena (120), Salsola (100), Alternanthera (100), Iresine (80), Amaranthus (60), Celosia (45). ± World-wide, esp. warm and dry temperate and subtropics, esp. saline habitats (map: from Hultén & Fries 1986; Jalas et al.
Sugar beets are grown in parts of Montana and processed for sugar. Quinoa seed is sold as a hot cereal at many health food stores; it comes from a species of Chenopodium.
 See also: Green, Medic, Melon, Goosefoot, Spinach
  
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