🌿 Variegated Chaya – Variegated Maya Spinach Tree or Cnidoscolus aconitifolius variegatus – is a showstopper in the edible garden. Its heavily cut, creamy-white variegated leaves look like they belong in a tropical ornamental bed, but this beauty is also a powerhouse leafy green.
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🌿 Native to the Yucatan Peninsula, Chaya has been a traditional food for centuries. Younger leaves (and a little stem) are cooked like spinach, simmered for at least 5-15 minutes to neutralize toxins, then served with butter, oil, or in soups. Once cooked, they’re loaded with protein, calcium, iron, and vitamins A and C – a true garden superfood.
🌿 Fast-growing and low-maintenance, Chaya can reach 6-8 feet and thrives in full sun or partial shade. It’s drought-tolerant, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds with its white flowers, and grows easily from cuttings. Perfect for food forests, permaculture gardens, or anyone wanting beauty and function in one plant.
🛒 Plant it, cook it, love it:
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📚 Learn more:
▫️Bright, bold, and edible: Variegated Chaya:
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▫️Chaya’s health benefits: a must-have tropical leafy vegetable for sustainable gardening:
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