Fernaldia pandurata facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Loroco
Scientific classification
Genus:	Fernaldia
Species:	pandurata
Synonyms
Echites panduratus A.DC. Amblyanthera pandurata (A.DC.) Müll.Arg. Angadenia pandurata (A.DC.) Miers Urechites karwinskii Müll.Arg. Echites barbatus Sessé & Moc. 1893 not Desv. ex Ham. 1825 nor D. Dietr. 1839 Mandevilla velutina K.Schum. Mandevilla potosina Brandegee Echites pinguifolius Standl Fernaldia brachypharynx Woodson Fernaldia pandurata var. glabra Molina Fernaldia glabra (Molina) Lundell

Fernaldia pandurata (common name: loroco [loˈɾoko]) is a vine with edible flowers, widespread in El Salvador, Guatemala, and other countries in Central America.

Fernaldia pandurata is an important source of food in Guatemala and El Salvador. The plant's buds and flowers are used for cooking in a variety of ways, including in pupusas.

The name "loroco" is used throughout Mesoamerica to refer to Fernaldia pandurata.

Fernaldia pandurata is an herbaceous vine with oblong-elliptical to broadly ovate leaves 4–13 centimetres (1.6–5.1 in). long, 1.5–8 cm broad, inflorescences are generally somewhat shorter than the leaves, with 8–18 flowers, the pedicels 4–6 mm. long; bracts ovate, 1–2 millimetres (0.039–0.079 in) long; calyx lobes ovate, acute or obtuse, 2–3 mm. long; corolla white within, greenish outside.

Fernaldia pandurata: Cropped buds for cooking

See also

In Spanish: Loroco para niños