salsilla

• Sustantivo que designa una liana tropical con pequeñas flores púrpuras o rosadas y amarillas y raíces comestibles que pueden hervirse como sustituto de la papa, originaria de Colombia, las Indias Occidentales y el norte de Sudamérica.

A noun referring to a tropical vine with small purple or pink-and-yellow flowers and edible roots that can be boiled as a potato substitute, native to Colombia, the West Indies, and northern South America.

1. Tropical vine (Colombia)C2formal

   A tropical vine with small purple flowers in umbels and edible roots that can be boiled as a potato substitute, native to Colombia.

   Salsilla colombiana

   • The salsilla vine produces small purple flowers in clusters.
   • Farmers in Colombia cultivate salsilla for its edible roots.
   • Boiled salsilla roots are often used as a substitute for potatoes.

2. Tropical vine (West Indies to northern South America)C2formal

   A tropical vine with pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute, found from the West Indies to northern South America.

   salsilla

   • Salsilla is known for its distinctive pink-and-yellow flowers with purple spots.
   • The plant grows naturally from the West Indies to northern South America.
   • Its edible roots are prepared similarly to potatoes in local cuisine.