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Ullucus tuberosus
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Ullucus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Basellaceae, with one species, Ullucus tuberosus, a plant grown primarily as a root vegetable, secondarily as a leaf vegetable. The name ulluco is derived from the Quechua word ulluku, but depending on the region, it has many different names. These include illaco, melloco, chungua or ruba, olluco or papa lisa, or ulluma.
- Family
- Basellaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ullucus tuberosus
- Slug
- ullucus-tuberosus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Basellaceae
- Genus
- Ullucus
- Species
- tuberosus
- Wikidata QID
- Q1478038
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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