Featured: You say mashua

Eve Emshwiller sets Between the Lines straight on this whole oca thing:

The Andean tuber that has an effect on testosterone is not oca, Oxalis tuberosa, but another Andean tuber that looks even more like oca than potatoes do: Tropaeolum tuberosum, which has several common names in different parts of the Andes, such as mashua, añu, and isañu.

So many Andean roots and tubers, so little time…

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