Basellaceae
Ulluco
Ullucus tuberosus
- Family
- Basellaceae
- Genus
- Ullucus
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- أولوكو الدرني
- Aymara
- Ulluku
- Catalan
- Ulluco
- Croatian
- Ulukus
- Czech
- Melok hlíznatý, Ulluco
- Danish
- Ullucus
- English
- Ulluco
- Finnish
- Ulluko, Ulluco
- French
- Ulluco, Ulluque
- German
- Olluco, Knollenbaselle, Ollucos, Ulluco
- Hebrew
- אויוקו
- Italian
- Olluco, Papalisa, Ulluco
- Japanese
- ウルーコ
- Korean
- 울류쿠
- Kurdish
- Ullucus
- Lithuanian
- Gumbinis uliukas
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ulloco
- Polish
- Olluco
- Portuguese
- Ullucus
- Quechua
- Ulluku, Melloco, Milluku, Papa lisa, Papalisa
- Russian
- Уллюко, Уллюко клубненосный
- Spanish
- Chugua, Melloca, Melloco, Muguri, Olluco, Papa lisa, Papalisa, Rubas
- Ukrainian
- Ульюко бульбоносна
Synonyms
- Basella tuberosa Kunth
- Chenopodium tuberosum Ruiz
- Gandola tuberosa Moq.
- Melloca peruviana Moq.
- Melloca tuberosa (Kunth) Lindl.
- Ullucus aborigineus Brücher
- Ullucus aboriginus Brücher
- Ullucus kunthii Moq.
- Ullucus tuberosus f. albiflorus Kuntze
- Ullucus tuberosus f. rubrifiorus Kuntze
- Ullucus tuberosus f. rubriflorus Kuntze
- Ullucus tuberosus subsp. aborigineus (Brücher) Sperling
- Ullucus tuberosus subsp. tuberosus
Photos
Photo: Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Perez Cliford Bautista, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.