A tuber crop, Ullucus tuberosus, domesticated in the central Andes of South America, cultivated at high altitudes up to around four thousand meters, where it is grown alongside potato and oca as one of the traditional Andean root crops. Ulluco produces brightly colored tubers, ranging through yellow, pink and purple, that are eaten boiled or added to stews, and its leaves are also edible. After potato, ulluco is considered one of the most important root crops of Andean agriculture, though like oca it remains relatively obscure and little cultivated outside the region of its origin.
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Scientific Name Domestication Regioncentral Andes of Peru and Bolivia 3 Domesticated When (Circa) Era
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1. Plants For A Future: Ullucus tuberosus - Plants For A Future
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Ullucus tuberosus is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft).
2. Ulluco (Wikipedia)
- lead: grown primarily as a root vegetable
- lead: the tuber is the primary edible part
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Ullucus tuberosus
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grown primarily as a root vegetable
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domestication occurred between the central Andes of Peru and Bolivia
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back to 2250 BC
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Ulluco produces brightly colored tubers, ranging through yellow, pink and purple, that are eaten boiled or added to stews, and its leaves are also edible.
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