Ajo Sacha Wild Mansoa Alliacea Amazonian Vine Powder

Ajo Sacha Mansoa Alliacea Wild from Amazonian Vine Powder

Ajo sacha is a tropical shrub in the Amazon. It can be described as a bush or a vine. It has a long tradition of ancestral use. The Amazonian natives use their macerated leaves in brandy to calm various pains. It is cataloged under two main Latin names, Mansoa alliacea and Pseudocalyma alliaceum. It has a smell similar to garlic, this plant is taken by the jungle people who use its leaves even as a condiment.

Semitrepable shrub 3 m tall or more, smell of garlic. Leaves with tendril. Fruit linear capsule with a smooth surface. Seeds with two membranous wings. In this plant grows auxiliary clusters that are considered inflorescences with a length between 13 and 15 cm in addition to flowers of violet color. The fruit is a lignified oblong capsule, strongly angular, with a smooth surface.

Its habitat is in tropical zones, temperature between 20 to 26 ° C. Sandy or clayey soil with abundant organic matter. Additionally, it is important to know that they are not resistant to flooding. The plantation must coincide with the beginning of the rainy season, that is, in the months of November and December in the Amazon.

In Peru it is distributed in the departments of Amazonas, Ucayali, Loreto and San Martín

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