Seed variety
Maca – Lepidium meyenii
Lepidium meyenii is a low-growing biennial in the Brassicaceae associated with the high Andes. It forms a basal rosette and a swollen hypocotyl-root organ below ground, followed by small four-petalled flowers and short siliques. Maca is the species common name and does not specify a colour type or cultivar.
At a glance
Reference BSI-H802260Variety profile
Characteristics
- Cultivar
- Maca
- Seeds per gram
- 1600.0
- Plant height (cm)
- 50
- Growth habit
- Rosette, Upright
- Life cycle
- biennial
Botanical details
- Common names
- Maca
- Synonyms
- biennial · culinary · medicinal
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
- Species
- Lepidium meyenii