Oca

Stevenson ( "Travels in South America," vol. ii., p. 55) says, a root called the oca is cultivated in several of the colder provinces of ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)

"oca," Guapo had gathered a bunch of the roots, and placed them on the back of his llama. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Sr. Google will yield many more results by searching on oca tuber red ... ❋ Unknown (2005)

Re: [kimpatsu_hekigan] Could be the oca tuber, a native of the Andes ... ❋ Unknown (2005)

Native to the Andean Highlands of South America and discovered around the same time as the potato, oca, pronounced "oh-KAH" is of the genus Oxalis tuberosa and considered to be one of the lost crops of the ancient Incas. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Re: Could be the oca tuber, a native of the Andes ... ❋ Unknown (2005)

Looking somewhat like a stubby wrinkled carrotlike vegetable, cherry red oca offers a very agreeble flavor that has a just right balance between sweet and slightly acidic. ❋ Unknown (2005)

O que é realmente incrível é que uma pesquisa no google sobre a terra oca revela que ainda há quem acredite piamente nesta ideia. ❋ Artur (2006)

International Herald Tribune | Outlandish theories: Kings of the hollow world Umberto Eco, semiologista de referência e autor bem conhecido, aproveita a crítica a um livro sobre ideias que já tiveram validade científica para não deixar cair em esquecimento as bizarras teorias sobre a terra oca. ❋ Artur (2006)

Mais do que um artigo sobre a terra oca, este texto do Eco contém uma muito bem-vinda recomendação para um dos melhores livros que li este ano, _Banvard's Folly_ do americano Paul Collins. ❋ Artur (2006)

Por estranho que pareça, a teoria de que a terra era oca, com aberturas nos pólos por onde se poderia penetrar nas camadas inferiores já teve grande validade científica. ❋ Artur (2006)

Carbohydrate foods like oca, ullucu, and white potatoes could not be grown in the lowlands. ❋ Unknown (2001)

This review of some underexploited tropical crops, highlights promising food crops such as the oil palm Jessenia polycarpa, the grain amaranths (Amaranthus spp.), quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and oca (Oxalis tuberosa) which have been largely overlooked by research resources in the temperate zones. ❋ Unknown (1992)

The use of alternative plant materials such as triticale, oca, amaranth, and achira, which have been successfully grown in some developing countries, should be examined as substrates for fermentations. ❋ Unknown (1992)

Chica, an alcoholic beverage made from maize in Peru since pre-Hispanic times, also is produced from potato, oca (Oxalis tuberosa), arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza), maca (Lepidium evenii), and other Incan crops that science has almost totally neglected. ❋ Unknown (1992)

A strain of virus B has been found in oca (Oxalis tuberosa). ❋ Unknown (1987)

A strain of arracacha virus B infecting oca (Oxalis tuberosa: Oxalidaceae) in the Peruvian Andes. ❋ Unknown (1987)

It is frequently intercropped with oca (Oxalis tuberosa). ❋ Unknown (1987)