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Ullucus tuberosus

Plants

Family: Basellaceae · Genus: Ullucus

Ullucus tuberosus

Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785 - 1865) · public_domain

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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 and 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.

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Growing details and traits for Ullucus tuberosus in the Library.

No cultivars in the Library yet — the full profile above covers the species itself.