Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa; /ˈkiːn.wɑː, kiˈnoʊ.ə/, from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa) is a flowering plant in the amaranth family. It is a herbaceous annual...

is with a tiny quantity of ilucta (a preparation of the ashes of the quinoa plant) added to the coca leaves; it softens their astringent flavor and activates...

each contain a single small seed, no larger than 1 mm in diameter. Like quinoa, each seed has a shiny coat and the embryo is curved around the small endosperm...

triterpenoids extracted from the Chenopodium quinoa plant categorized by the EPA as a biopesticide. HeadsUp Plant Protectant is made up of approximately equal...

growth. The plant grows to 20–60 cm high and is therefore shorter than its close relative quinoa.[citation needed] Cañihua also vary from quinoa in its inflorescence...

commonly-consumed plants such as quinoa, amaranth, and epazote, as well as the common American weeds goosefoot and lambsquarters. The plant grows upright...

of Christopher Columbus in 1492, see New World crops. Corn/Maize (Zea†) Quinoa (Chenopodium) Several (though not all) species of amaranth (Amaranthus)...

World) Pitseed goosefoot (Chenopodium berlandieri, central US pre-Columbian) Quinoa Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Marshelder (sumpweed, Iva annua, central US...

(Baccharis dracunculifolia), which is burned as a fuel. Also present are quinoa plants and queñua bushes. Every November, Salar de Uyuni is the breeding ground...

United Nations. 1995. E.A. Oelke; et al. "Quinoa". University of Minnesota. Arbizu and Tapia (1994). "Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. FAO...

from other plant families, such as buckwheat and quinoa, are pseudocereals. Most cereals are annuals, producing one crop from each planting, though rice...

The potato was domesticated near lake Titicaca between 8000 and 5000 BC, quinoa some 3000–4000 years ago, and production of copper began in 2000 BC. Llama...

sorghum, teff, triticale, spelt, wheat Pseudocereals: amaranth, buckwheat, quinoa Legumes: lupin, pea, peanut, soy Nuts: almond, brazil, cashew, hazelnut...

both animal and plant-based food. The EAAs in plants vary greatly due to the vast variation in the plant world and, in general, plants have much lower...

Garden Plants. (Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 2nd American Edition, 1995.) ISBN 0-88192-246-3. Dunn C (25 May 2015). "Is chia the next quinoa?". The...

was a domesticated pseudocereal crop, similar to the closely related quinoa C. quinoa. It continues to be cultivated in Mexico as a pseudocereal, as a leaf...

A plant-based diet is a diet consisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods. Plant-based diets encompass a wide range of dietary patterns that contain...

plants called quelite in Mexico – and pseudocereals.[citation needed] These include white goosefoot (C. album), kañiwa (C. pallidicaule) and quinoa (C...

vegetables, including beets, peppers, kale, and quinoa. Bock, Paula (April 17, 2005). "The Seed Saver: In plant propagation, our past and future are preserved"...

the grains millet, barley, teff, oats, and sorghum; and the pseudocereals quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, and chia. Some authors even consider bulgur and freekeh...

ISSN 2072-6643. PMC 8235518. PMID 34204541. Thomson, Julie (13 June 2017). "Quinoa's 'Seed Or Grain' Debate Ends Right Here". HuffPost. Archived from the original...

example, I don't eat rice, I eat quinoa, my son introduced me to quinoa. It comes from Peru, the Inca people planted it 3,000 years ago. It is protein-based...

from other plant families, such as buckwheat and quinoa, are pseudocereals. Most cereals are annuals, producing one crop from each planting, though rice...

The Mapuche people of south-central Chile cultivated maize along with quinoa and potatoes in pre-Hispanic times. Before the expansion of the Inca Empire...

BM (1992). "Nutritional quality of the protein in quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, Willd) seeds". Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 42 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1007/BF02196067...

product. The Jimmy Dean Delights Plant-Based Patty & Frittata Sandwich uses grain and bean substitutes such as quinoa, black bean and soy to replicate...

various-colored bellflower (southeastern Italy to the Balkans) Chenopodium quinoa — quinoa (western Andes of South America) Cichorium endivia — endive, including...

lowland tropical food staples, such as maize, rice, manioc (tapioca roots), quinoa, and papaya. It also was used as a form of payment for Spanish imperial...

of Peruvian cuisine are corn, potatoes and other tubers, Amaranthaceae (quinoa, kañiwa and kiwicha), and legumes (beans and lupins). Staples brought by...

Rojas-Le-Fort, Marlene; Bailon-Moscoso, Natalia (December 2023). "Chenopodium quinoa Willd. and Amaranthus hybridus L.: Ancestral Andean Food Security and Modern...