Nature Atlas

How Nature Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Specy

Maca

Flowering Plants

Maca, also called Peruvian ginseng, is an edible herbaceous biennial plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the high Andes mountains of Peru and Bolivia in South America. Its use increased after the plant was commercially discovered in the late 1980s.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Scientific Name
Lepidium meyenii 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Brassicaceae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Maca
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Bolivia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Peru, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Lepidium meyenii
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q795158 (P225 taxon name)
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 340823
    Lepidium meyenii, known as maca or Peruvian ginseng, is an edible herbaceous biennial plant of the family Brassicaceae that is native to South America in the high Andes mountains of Peru and Bolivia.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 340823
    As a cash crop, it is primarily exported as a powder that may be raw or processed further as a gelatinized starch or as an extract.
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 340823
    Lepidium meyenii, known as maca or Peruvian ginseng, is an edible herbaceous biennial plant of the family Brassicaceae that is native to South America in the high Andes mountains of Peru and Bolivia.
View the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Maca
Child Taxon Of: Brassicaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.