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    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...
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    Druce Chenopodium pueblense H.S.Reed Chenopodium quinoa Willd. – quinoa Chenopodium × reynieri Ludw. & Aellen Chenopodium robertianum Iamonico & Mosyakin (Syn...
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    (1989-04-01). "The pattern of genetic diversity in the Andean grain crop quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd). I. Associations between characteristics". Euphytica. 41...
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    goosefoot, similar in character and uses to the closely related quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa). Cañihua is native to the Andean region, with more than 200 varieties...
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  • Quinoa oil is a vegetable oil extracted from germ of the Chenopodium quinoa, an Andean cereal and has been cultivated since at least 3000 B.C. Quinoa...
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    Chenopodium album is a fast-growing annual plant in the flowering plant family Amaranthaceae. Though cultivated in some regions, the plant is elsewhere...
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    can also be ground into flour to make tortillas. Like quinoa, another plant in the genus Chenopodium, huauzontle contains saponins, albeit in lesser quantities...
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    5 mm. The number of chromosomes is n=54. Chenopodium giganteum belongs to the same genus as quinoa or Chenopodium album. Many species of this genus have...
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    It is also one of three primary triterpenoids extracted from the Chenopodium quinoa plant categorized by the EPA as a biopesticide. HeadsUp Plant Protectant...
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    Species of the Chenopodium family in the Inca cuisine were Chenopodium pallidicaule, also known as cañihua, and Chenopodium quinoa, or quinoa, due to their...
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