Vernacular names
(In territories with significant traditional TRAMIL use)
Costa Rica:
- papa
Guatemala:
- papa
Colombia:
- papa
Botanical description
Herbaceous branched annual 0.3-1m high, with a mass of fine fiberous adventitious roots and swollen stem tubers. Leaves pinnate with small interjected leaflets between the main pinnae; flowers white, red or purple; fruit a small inedible berry.
Voucher(s)
Girón,279,CFEH
Pharmacopoeia
Ed.2References
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