Ullucus, the Glossary
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.[1]
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55 relations: Amaranthaceae, Andean potato latent virus, Andes, Anthocyanin, Archaeological site, Aymara language, Aymara people, Basellaceae, Betalain, Bolivia, Calcium, Carbohydrate, Carotene, Carotenoid, Carrot, Cassava, Chuño, English language, Family (biology), Flavonoid, Flowering plant, Food system, Genus, Herbaceous plant, Indigenous peoples, International Potato Center, Leaf vegetable, Mucilage, New World crops, Oxalis tuberosa, Pachyrhizus erosus, Papaya mosaic virus, Peru, Potato, Potato leafroll virus, Protein, Quechua people, Quechuan languages, Rhizoctonia solani, Root vegetable, Solanaceae, South America, Spanish language, Species, Spinach, Subsistence agriculture, Sweet potato, Tepovirus, Tropaeolum tuberosum, Tymovirus, ... Expand index (5 more) »
- Basellaceae
- Crops originating from Bolivia
- Crops originating from Colombia
- Crops originating from Peru
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus Amaranthus.
Andean potato latent virus
Andean potato latent virus (APLV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Tymoviridae.
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Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
Anthocyanin
Anthocyanins, also called anthocyans, are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, blue, or black.
Archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.
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Aymara language
Aymara (also Aymar aru) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes.
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Aymara people
The Aymara or Aimara (aymara), people are an indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America.
Basellaceae
Basellaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Caryophyllales, in the clade core eudicots, according to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group.
Betalain
Betalains are a class of red and yellow tyrosine-derived pigments found in plants of the order Caryophyllales, where they replace anthocyanin pigments.
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O).
Carotene
The term carotene (also carotin, from the Latin carota, "carrot") is used for many related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but in general cannot be made by animals (with the exception of some aphids and spider mites which acquired the synthesizing genes from fungi).
Carotenoid
Carotenoids are yellow, orange, and red organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria, archaea, and fungi.
Carrot
The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though heirloom variants including purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, Daucus carota, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia. Ullucus and carrot are root vegetables.
Cassava
Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc,--> or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes. Ullucus and cassava are root vegetables.
Chuño
() is a preserved potato product traditionally made by Quechua and Aymara communities of Bolivia and Peru, and is known in various countries of South America, including Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Northwest Argentina.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Flavonoid
Flavonoids (or bioflavonoids; from the Latin word flavus, meaning yellow, their color in nature) are a class of polyphenolic secondary metabolites found in plants, and thus commonly consumed in the diets of humans.
Flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.
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Food system
The term food system describes the interconnected systems and processes that influence nutrition, food, health, community development, and agriculture.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.
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Indigenous peoples
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.
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International Potato Center
The International Potato Center (known as CIP from its Spanish-language name Centro Internacional de la Papa) is a research facility based in Lima, Peru, that seeks to reduce poverty and achieve food security on a sustained basis in developing countries through scientific research and related activities on potato, sweet potato, other root and tuber crops, and on the improved management of natural resources in the Andes and other mountain areas.
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Leaf vegetable
Leaf vegetables, also called leafy greens, pot herbs, vegetable greens, or simply greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Ullucus and leaf vegetable are leaf vegetables.
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Mucilage
Mucilage is a thick gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms.
New World crops
New World crops are those crops, food and otherwise, that are native to the New World (mostly the Americas) and were not found in the Old World before 1492 AD. Ullucus and New World crops are crops originating from the Americas.
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Oxalis tuberosa
Oxalis tuberosa is a perennial herbaceous plant that overwinters as underground stem tubers. Ullucus and Oxalis tuberosa are crops originating from Bolivia, crops originating from Peru, crops originating from the Americas and root vegetables.
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Pachyrhizus erosus
Pachyrhizus erosus, commonly known as jícama (or; Spanish jícama; from Nahuatl xīcamatl) or Mexican turnip, is a native Mexican vine, although the name jícama most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root. Ullucus and Pachyrhizus erosus are crops originating from the Americas and root vegetables.
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Papaya mosaic virus
Papaya mosaic virus (PapMV) is a plant pathogenic virus in the genus Potexvirus and the family Alphaflexiviridae.
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
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Potato
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Ullucus and potato are crops originating from Bolivia, crops originating from Peru and root vegetables.
Potato leafroll virus
Potato leafroll virus (PLRV) is a member of the genus Polerovirus and family Solemoviridae.
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Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Quechua people
Quechua people or Quichua people may refer to any of the indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru.
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Quechuan languages
Quechua, also called Runasimi ('people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes.
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Rhizoctonia solani
Rhizoctonia solani is a species of fungus in the order Cantharellales.
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Root vegetable
Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans as food. Ullucus and Root vegetable are root vegetables.
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Solanaceae
The Solanaceae, or the nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and ornamentals.
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
Spanish language
Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Spinach
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a leafy green flowering plant native to central and Western Asia. Ullucus and Spinach are leaf vegetables.
Subsistence agriculture
Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings.
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Sweet potato
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Ullucus and sweet potato are crops originating from the Americas, leaf vegetables and root vegetables.
Tepovirus
Tepovirus is a genus of viruses in the order Tymovirales, in the family Betaflexiviridae.
Tropaeolum tuberosum
Tropaeolum tuberosum (mashua, see below for other names) is a species of flowering plant in the family Tropaeolaceae, grown in the Andes, particularly in Peru and Bolivia, and to a lesser extent in Ecuador as well as in some areas of Colombia, for its edible tubers, which are eaten cooked or roasted as a vegetable. Ullucus and Tropaeolum tuberosum are crops originating from Bolivia, crops originating from Colombia, crops originating from Peru, crops originating from the Americas and root vegetables.
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Tymovirus
Tymovirus is a genus of viruses in the order Tymovirales, in the family Tymoviridae.
Verticillium wilt
Verticillium wilt is a wilt disease affecting over 350 species of eudicot plants.
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Vitamin C
Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits, berries and vegetables.
Xylem
Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants, the other being phloem.
Yacón
The yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius) is a species of daisy traditionally grown in the northern and central Andes from Colombia to northern Argentina for its crisp, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots. Ullucus and yacón are crops originating from Peru and root vegetables.
Yam (vegetable)
Yam is the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers (some other species in the genus being toxic). Ullucus and Yam (vegetable) are root vegetables.
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See also
Basellaceae
Crops originating from Bolivia
- Brazil nut
- Mirabilis expansa
- Nicotiana glauca
- Oxalis tuberosa
- Potato
- Potatoes
- Tamarillo
- Tropaeolum tuberosum
- Ullucus
Crops originating from Colombia
- Arracacia xanthorrhiza
- Brazil nut
- Chicle
- Eugenia victoriana
- Fique
- Juglans neotropica
- Mountain papaya
- Pouteria caimito
- Quararibea cordata
- Solanum pseudolulo
- Solanum quitoense
- Tropaeolum tuberosum
- Ullucus
Crops originating from Peru
- Arracacia xanthorrhiza
- Banana passionfruit
- Bixa orellana
- Brazil nut
- Capsicum pubescens
- Cherimoya
- Chili pepper
- Coca
- Cocoa bean
- Cyclanthera pedata
- Fique
- Gossypium barbadense
- Jabuticaba
- Juglans neotropica
- Lepidium meyenii
- Lima bean
- Lupinus mutabilis
- Mirabilis expansa
- Mountain papaya
- Myrciaria dubia
- Nicotiana glauca
- Nicotiana rustica
- Oxalis tuberosa
- Passiflora edulis
- Passiflora ligularis
- Passiflora tarminiana
- Peruvian corn
- Potato
- Potatoes
- Pouteria caimito
- Pouteria lucuma
- Quararibea cordata
- Quinoa
- Sambucus peruviana
- Solanum candidum
- Solanum caripense
- Solanum muricatum
- Solanum pseudocapsicum
- Solanum quitoense
- Tamarillo
- Theobroma cacao
- Tropaeolum tuberosum
- Ullucus
- Yacón
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullucus
Also known as Melloco, Mellocos, Olluco, Ollucus, Papalisa, Ulloco, Ulluco, Ullucus tuberosus.
, Verticillium wilt, Vitamin C, Xylem, Yacón, Yam (vegetable).