Edulis vs Achira - What's the difference?
edulis | achira |
, the seeds of which yield a purple dye.
The edible rhizome of this plant.
* {{quote-book, year=1989, author=, title=Lost Crops of the Incas, page=27, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=iT0rAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA27
, passage=In much of this area achira is a market vegetable, but only in Peru and southern Ecuador is it a substantial crop.}}
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