Brassicaceae
Maca
Lepidium meyenii
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Lepidium
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- عشبة الماكا, ماكا
- arz
- عشبة الماكا
- ba
- Ҡандалагөл
- Chinese
- 瑪卡, 印加萝卜, 玛咖
- Czech
- Řeřicha peruánská
- English
- Maca
- Finnish
- Andienkrassi, Maca-juuri
- French
- Maca
- German
- Maca, Maca-Pflanze, Peruanischer Ginseng
- Greek
- Μάκα
- Hebrew
- מאקה
- Hungarian
- Maca, Perui ginzeng
- Italian
- Maca
- Japanese
- マカ, Maca
- Korean
- 마카
- Lithuanian
- Peruvinė pipirnė, Maca
- Macedonian
- Мака
- Persian
- جینسینگ پرویی
- Portuguese
- Maca peruana
- Quechua
- Maka, Anu kara, Ayaq chichira, Hayaq willk'u, Maca
- Romanian
- Maca
- Russian
- Мака перуанская, Клоповник Мейена
- Serbian
- Peruanska maka
- Slovak
- Žerucha peruánska
- Slovenian
- Maca
- Spanish
- Maca
- Swedish
- Maca
- Turkish
- Maca
Synonyms
- Lepidium affine Wedd.
- Lepidium gelidum Wedd.
- Lepidium meyenii subsp. affine Thell.
- Lepidium meyenii subsp. gelidum (Wedd.) Thell.
- Lepidium meyenii var. affine Thell.
- Lepidium meyenii var. gelidum (Wedd.) Hosseus
- Lepidium orbignyanum Wedd.
- Lepidium peruvianum G.Chacón
- Lepidium weddellii O.E.Schulz
- Lepidium weddellii J.F.Macbr.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: vahemart, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vahe Martirosyan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vahe Martirosyan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Humber Alberto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.