Sacha Inchi is an indigenous species from the Amazon that produces edible seeds with a high content of Omega fatty acids. This property has caught the attention of the international natural products market, providing in recent years income opportunities for indigenous communities, who traditionally use sacha inchi as a food. Both the seeds of sacha inchi as well as its seed oil from production sites in Peru are offered by a number of companies. However, the EU Novel Food Catalogue does not list sacha inchi, possibly a bad omen, as this species appears not to have been traded in the EU prior 1997 and therefore may not be authorised in the EU.
More information on EU Novel Food Regulation.
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Amazonian species with edible seeds, location: Pucallpa, Ucayali, Peru
Plukenetia volubilis fruits
Experimental cultivation of Plukenetia volubilis at INIEA station
http://www.cropsforthefuture.org/crop-of-the-week-archive/sacha-inchi-plukenetia-volubilis-euphorbiaceae/
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