Arjona tuberosa
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Chaquil, Macachin
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Description
A herb. It grows 20 cm high. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves clasp the stem.
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Edible Uses
The tubers are eaten raw, boiled, or mashed.
Traditional Uses
The tubers are eaten raw, boiled or mashed.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows on the Patagonian steppe in Argentina. It grows from sea level to 1,500 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Argentina, Chile, South America, Uruguay,
Other Information
It is a cultivated food plant.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Chaquil, Macachin del trigo, Mata trigo, Papita do los arenales, Saquel
References (11)
- Bircher, A. G. & Bircher, W. H., 2000, Encyclopedia of Fruit Trees and Edible Flowering Plants in Egypt and the Subtropics. AUC Press. p 41
- Ladio, A. H., 2001, The Maintenance of Wild Edible Plant Gatherings in a Mapuche Community of Patagonia. Economic Botany, Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 243-254
- Ladio, A. H. and Lozada, M., 2004, Patterns of use and knowledge of wild edible plants in distinct ecological environments: a case study of a Mapuche community from northwestern Patagonia. Biodiversity and Conservation 13:1153-1173
- Ladio, A., Lozada, M. & M. Weigandt, 2007, Comparison of traditional wild plant knowledge between aboriginal communities inhabiting arid and forest environments in Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Arid Environments 69 (2007) 695–715
- Leon-Lobos, P., et al, 2022, Patterns of Traditional and Modern Uses of Wild Edible Native Plants of Chile: Challenges and Future Perspectives. Plants (Basel) v 11 (6) Table S1
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- Malezas Comestibles del Cono Sur, INTA, 2009, Buernos Aires
- Mansfeld,
- Ochoa, J. S., & Ladio, A, H, 2015, Current use of wild plants with edible underground storage organs in a rural population of Patogonia: between tradition and change. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 11:70
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