Information on this crop, its taxonomy, history, world production, botanical description, culture, harvesting and nutrition. The word criollo means “native”, as it is distributed from southern Mexico to South America, north and west of the Andes. Fruits are oblong to ovoid in shape, tapering to a point, and have five or ten longitudinal ridges; seeds have yellowish white cotyledons.

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