Maca
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Scientific name | Lepidium meyenii |
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Rank | Species |
Higher classification | Peppergrasses |
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ID | 2445703 |
About Maca
Lepidium meyenii, known as maca or Peruvian ginseng, is an edible herbaceous biennial plant of the family Brassicaceae that is native to South America in the high Andes mountains of Peru. It was found exclusively at the Meseta de Bombón plateau close to Lake Junin in the late 1980s.