Quinoa
Chenopodium quinoa
The story
Quinoa originated in the Andean region of northwestern South America. Long before it became a global staple, it was utilized to feed livestock between 5,200 and 7,000 years ago. Humans first began consuming it as a food source 3,000 to 4,000 years ago in the Lake Titicaca basin, located in Bolivia and Peru.
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- Family
- Amaranthaceae
How to use it
This herbaceous annual plant is cultivated as a crop primarily for its edible seeds, which serve as a highly nutritious pseudocereal. It is also historically used as a food source for livestock.
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In the kitchen
Quinoa is grown primarily for its highly nutritious edible seeds. These seeds are rich in protein, dietary fiber, B vitamins, and essential minerals, particularly potassium and magnesium, which are found in greater quantities here than in many standard grains.
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About
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa; (/ˈkiːnwɑː/ or /kɪˈnoʊ.ə/, from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa) is a flowering plant in the amaranth family. It is a herbaceous annual plant grown as a grain crop primarily for its edible seeds. Quinoa is not a grass, but rather a pseudocereal botanically related to spinach and amaranth (Amaranthus spp.).
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Quinoa
- Slug
- quinoa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Chenopodium
- Species
- quinoa
- Category
- Grain
- Wikidata QID
- Q139925
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48
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