Salvia hispanica L.

• Region

  West Indies

• Country

  Cuba

• Locality

  Santiago de las Vegas

• Coordinates

  22.9739, -82.3863

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  1796.57

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012. Located coord. of approx. geogr. center of Santiago de la Vega (wikimapia.org/18222728/Santiago-de-la-Vega). Measured from coord. to farthest extent of city to find linear extent (1790 m). Input into the MaNIS Georef. Calc. to find uncert. radius.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

01495096
As determined.
Carl Epling, 193 j
ECONOMIC PLANTS OP THE WORLD | '*4 Distributed by. C*3N3aJcer
lío* 21« Salvia hispánica X.
XÎ53 Linnaeus, Sp* ?1* 25* *. Am* trop*
190$ Miller, In Bailey, BncyoX* Am. Hort» IV
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Collected May 10, 1907, at Santiago de las Vega», Cuba, by G.F*BaJrer* Raised from seed purchased in the open market at Grenada, Nicaragua,, where it was' for sale in lavfce quantities under the nane oí Chia* The seed places in#ater, give off a l&rge amenant of clear jelly, whichlis used^^lavord with fruit juices to form an agreeable driäk*; But. the seeds should be investigated as tn other, possible uses, since very large crops .can be readily pro* duced*
i,;:-'Pt.ELer merely mentions this species as prob« v ably unworthy of cultivation, bul* it is already ,a :MstiÀü t feature in- Central American: agriculture*.
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