Showing Food Mate
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| Name | Mate | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Ilex paraguariensis | ||||||||||
| Description | Mate is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink.It is prepared by steeping dried leaves of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis, known in Portuguese as erva-mate) in hot water and is served with a metal straw from a shared hollow calabash gourd.The mate leaves are dried, chopped, and ground into a powdery mixture called yerba, "erva" in Portuguese, which means "herb". | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00916 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Herbs and Spices | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Herbs | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Aquifoliales | ||||||||||
| Family | Aquifoliaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Ilex | ||||||||||
| Species | paraguariensis | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | Not Available | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Not Available | ||||||||||
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