Kaniwa or Cañihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule)) is an upright plant form . Its size varies between 20 and 60 cm. Both the stems at the top , like leaves and inflorescences are covered with white or pink vesicles. Cañihua has its origin in the Andes of southern Peru and Bolivia and their culture is closely related […]
Chia ( Salvia hispanica L. ) is a plant which belongs to the family of Lamiaceae ; is native to mountainous areas of Mexico 3500 years ago and it has been cultivated in Peru since 2013 . Chia was known as an Important food – medicine . In pre – Columbian times to the Maya […]
Peruvian Maca Maca is a cruciferous vegetable that grows in the Peruvian Andes, mainly on the highlands of Junín between 13,000 and 15,000 feet (4100-4500 m), these extreme growing conditions favor the composition which is rich in nutrients and phytochemicals which makes maca a super food. Maca was domesticated about 2000 years ago by the […]
BLACK MACA, the andean energy… Maca, Lepidium meyenii Walp. (Brassicaceae), has 13 different varieties, including black maca which is traditionally used to increase fertility in men and women. In fact, Father Bernabé Cobo, a chronicler during the Spanish conquest of Peru, referred to black maca as his property, during the first half of the seventeenth […]
