Goeppertia macrosepala

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Goeppertia macrosepala - Wikipedia

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Goeppertia macrosepala

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Marantaceae
Genus:	Goeppertia
Species:	G. macrosepala
Binomial name
*Goeppertia macrosepala* (K.Schum.) Borchs. & S.Suárez
Synonyms^[1]
Calathea macrosepala K.Schum.

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Goeppertia macrosepala, known as chufle or macús, is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae.^[2] Other local names include k'uut and xucu.^[3]^[4] The native range of Goeppertia macrosepala is southern Mexico to western Colombia and Trinidad.^[1]

Goeppertia macrosepala is used as food.^[3]^[1]^[5] The immature (closed) inflorescences are eaten in El Salvador and have been approved for importation to the United States.^[5]^[6] In El Salvador the root of Goeppertia macrosepala is used for treating diabetes.^[7]

Goeppertia macrosepala has sometimes been confused with Goeppertia allouia, but the native ranges of these two plants do not overlap.^[5]

External links

Video of Goeppertia macrosepala or Chufles

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Goeppertia macrosepala (K.Schum.) Borchs. & S.Suárez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
^ Hirschhorn, Howard H. (1981). "Botanical remedies of south and central America, and the Caribbean: An archival analysis. Part I". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 4 (2): 129–158. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(81)90032-5.
^ ^a ^b Volkow, Lucía Pérez (2020). Filling Gender Gaps: Determining How Traditional Knowledge of Lacandon Maya Women Shape the Diet and the Landscape in Lacanja Chansayab, Mexico (Master's thesis). State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ von Nagy, Christopher L.; Pohl, Mary D.; Pope, Kevin O. (2012). "Baskets of fish/Fields of... Modeling what we know and wish we knew about Tabasco Olmec Agroecology and Subsistence Economics". 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, Tennessee. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Importation of Fresh Chufle, Calathea macrosepala K. Schum., immature inflorescences into the Continental United States from El Salvador: A Pathway-initiated Pest Risk Assessment (3 ed.). United States Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Services. 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Edible Flowers of Izote, Immature Inflorescences of Pacaya, Immature Inflorescences of Chufle, and Fresh Leaves of Chipilin From El Salvador Into the Continental United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture. 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ Soumyanath, Amala (2005). Traditional medicines for modern times: antidiabetic plants. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 9780429115653.

Taxon identifiers
Goeppertia macrosepala	Wikidata: Q50841681 Wikispecies: Goeppertia macrosepala CoL: 3GQVG GBIF: 7409851 GRIN: 465821 iNaturalist: 1172809 IPNI: 60461039-2 Open Tree of Life: 3947464 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60461039-2 Tropicos: 100381243 WFO: wfo-0001329576
Calathea macrosepala	Wikidata: Q15323366 CoL: PG2G EoL: 1125288 GBIF: 2761834 GRIN: 458429 iNaturalist: 274152 IPNI: 41068-2 Plant List: kew-223123 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:41068-2 Tropicos: 19700065 WFO: wfo-0000342977

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