Chenopodium pallidicaule, known as cañihua, canihua or cañahua (from Quechua 'qañiwa, qañawa or qañawi')[1][2][3] and also kañiwa or kaniwa, is a species of goosefoot, similar in character and uses to the closely related quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa).
Cañihua is native to the Andean region, with more than 200 varieties, and it has been farmed in the Altiplano for millennia. As a crop, cañihua has distinct characteristics, including tolerance of high mountain conditions, high content of protein and dietary fiber, and rich phenolic content.[4][5][6]
^Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
^Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
^Peñarrieta, JM; Alvarado, JA; Akesson, B; Bergenståhl, B (June 2008). "Total antioxidant capacity and content of flavonoids and other phenolic compounds in canihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule): an Andean pseudocereal". Mol Nutr Food Res. 52 (6): 708–17. doi:10.1002/mnfr.200700189. PMID18537130.
^Repo-Carrasco-Valencia, Ritva; Acevedo de la Cruz, Alexander; Icochea Alvarez, Julio Cesar; Kallio, Heikki (2009). "Chemical and Functional Characterization of Kañiwa (Chenopodium pallidicaule) Grain, Extrudate and Bran". Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 64 (2): 94–101. doi:10.1007/s11130-009-0109-0. PMID19424801. S2CID38974981.
^Vega-Gálvez, Antonio; Miranda, Margarita; Vergara, Judith; Uribe, Elsa; Puente, Luis; Martínez, Enrique A (2010). "Nutrition facts and functional potential of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa willd.), an ancient Andean grain: A review". Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 90 (15): 2541–7. Bibcode:2010JSFA...90.2541V. doi:10.1002/jsfa.4158. hdl:10533/142976. PMID20814881.