Photo: Hoja Santa (Some rights reserved)
Among our favorite tasty plants: Hoja Santa, aka the Root Beer Plant, a heart-shaped, velvety leaf native to tropical Mesoamerica.
Translating Hoja Santa
English: Root Beer Plant
Ayöök: Wow’aajy
Zapotec: Bdaxo, Balaxh, Laxhgwa’
Mixtec: Ntova ntòjǒ
Mazatec: Xa’ná
?: Acuyo
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The Global Garden: A giant herb called hoja santa – LA Times
A story of the sacred Mexican root beer leaf pepper plant – Austin Chronicle
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