1. 10/11/2013
  2. 24/9/2013 In this short video we expose a little bit of the beauty and wealth of Guatemala as a Megadiverse country, and present Chaya as an ancient superfood to combat malnutrition today.
  3. 20/11/2019 La chaya es muy nutritiva, una porción de 100 gramos (como 50 a 60 hojas frescas) tiene: Proteína: Tiene la misma cantidad de proteína que unhuevo. La proteína es importante para el desarrollo de los músculos. Hierro: Tiene dos veces más hierro que una porción deespinaca. El hierro enriquece la...
  4. 20/1/2012 La planta de chaya es nativa de la península de Yucatán en México y de algunos lugares en Guatemala. Es similar a la espinaca y otras plantas verdes pero crece en forma de arbusto hasta 3 metros de alto y 2 metros de ancho. Las hojas son del tamaño de la mano de un adulto. Las hojas de chaya son...
  5. 1/11/2017 In 1998, ECHO USA mailed six chaya stalks to Indonesia. Today, a conservatively estimated 10,000 households across Indonesia are benefiting from this ‘Mayan Superfood.” Come hear about an indigenous grower-to-grower movement and how its promoters in the informal association, “Komunitas Chaya...
  6. 14/11/2017 Margaret Tagwira will share about the successful promotion of chaya in Zimbabwe
  7. Abstract -Animal Feed Science and Technology, 1999 Chaya leaf meal (CLM) (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius(Mill.) Johnston) was evaluated as a poultry feed ingredient in a series of two pilot studies. In experiment I, diets containing 0, 25, 50 and 75g CLM kg1were fed, ad libitum, to 480 day-old broiler...
  8. Chaya grows easily in Cambodia Chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa or C. aconitifolius) is a perennial plant that grows easily throughout Cambodia. Many people know it by the name “spinach tree”. If left alone, a Chaya plant can grow to be a small tree about 4- 5m high. By pruning the plant, it grows...
  9. The tree spinach (Cnidoscolus chayamansaMcVaughn, Euphorbiaceae), called "chaya" in south Texas, is popular in Mexico and Central America and has been introduced into the United States (mainly South Texas and Florida) for potential uses as a leafy vegetable and/or as a medicinal plant. The plant...
  10. Abstract: World Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 This study investigated the phytochemical contents and nutritional profile of Cnidoscolus aconitifolius leaf collected from Abakaliki Southeast Nigeria. The phytochemical, proximate and mineral content analyses were done using standard methods,...