name: Chia

flavor_db_name_variants: chia

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Chia

id: 328

name_scientific: Salvia hispanica

description: Salvia hispanica, commonly known as chia, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala. The 16th-century Codex Mendoza provides evidence that it was cultivated by the Aztec in pre-Columbian times; economic historians have suggested it was as important as maize as a food crop. It is still used in Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Mexico and Guatemala, sometimes with the seeds ground or with whole seeds used for nutritious drinks and as a food source.

itis_id: 32718

wikipedia_id: Salvia_hispanica

picture_file_name: 333.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 91556

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:42:43.000Z

legacy_id: 360

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Other seeds

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:35.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:23.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 49212

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00328