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  • From: Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Looking for arracacha, maca & melloco sources
  • Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:19:06 -0500

Hi Larry,
L.SantoyoDesigns wrote:
Looking for arracacha, maca & melloco sources
Hello All,..  I am looking for sources of:
-Arracacia xanthorrhiza, Arracacha
Oregon Exotics (if they're still retail. Let me know.), Sunny Lands Seeds, Box 385, Paradox (that's for sure), Colorado 81429 970-859-7248 are the two listed in Cornucopia Two (which you should get a copy of, Larry. We still sell it. $45 + 10% shipping).
-Ulluco tuberosus,  Melloco.
I'd check with the folks at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. I think they've been growing it for several years. It's related to Malabar Spinach.
-Lepidium meyenii, Maca.
I've corrected the spelling above to correspond to the Latin names in Lost Crops of the Incas and Cornucopia
Available from:
Herbs-Liscious, 1702, S 6th St, Marshalltown, IA 50158,, 515-752-4976
Janca's Jojoba Oil and Seed Co, 456 East Juanita #7, Mesa, AZ 85204, 760-749-1133
That stuff's reputed to be an aphrodisiac. If its that quality you seek, look into epimedium sagittatum, or horny goat weed. Easy to grow in fairly deep shade....and it works ;-) .
also -"Mandarin Melon Berry"(TM)
"... from the swampy Yangtze deltas on China's east coast..."
I got mine from Edible Landscaping, PO Box 77, Afton Va. 22920, 1-800-524-4156 He's got several large specimens there that are just gorgeous and thriving. He grafts cuttings onto seedlings and he has a lot.
Keith



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