Goeppertia macrosepala, known as chufle or macús, is a species of plant in the family Marantaceae.[2] Other local names include k'uut and xucu.[3][4] The native range of Goeppertia macrosepala is southern Mexico to western Colombia and Trinidad.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Marantaceae |
| Genus: | Goeppertia |
| Species: | G. macrosepala
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| Binomial name | |
| Goeppertia macrosepala (K.Schum.) Borchs. & S.Suárez
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Calathea macrosepala K.Schum. | |
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Goeppertia macrosepala is used as food.[3][1][5] The immature (closed) inflorescences are eaten in El Salvador and have been approved for importation to the United States.[5][6] In El Salvador the root of Goeppertia macrosepala is used for treating diabetes.[7]
Goeppertia macrosepala has sometimes been confused with Goeppertia allouia, but the native ranges of these two plants do not overlap.[5]
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edit- ^ a b c "Goeppertia macrosepala (K.Schum.) Borchs. & S.Suárez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
- ^ Hirschhorn, Howard H. (1981). "Botanical remedies of south and central America, and the Caribbean: An archival analysis. Part I". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 4 (2): 129–158. doi:10.1016/0378-8741(81)90032-5.
- ^ a b Volkow, Lucía Pérez (2020). Filling Gender Gaps: Determining How Traditional Knowledge of Lacandon Maya Women Shape the Diet and the Landscape in Lacanja Chansayab, Mexico (Master's thesis). State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ von Nagy, Christopher L.; Pohl, Mary D.; Pope, Kevin O. (2012). "Baskets of fish/Fields of... Modeling what we know and wish we knew about Tabasco Olmec Agroecology and Subsistence Economics". 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, Tennessee. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Importation of Fresh Chufle, Calathea macrosepala K. Schum., immature inflorescences into the Continental United States from El Salvador: A Pathway-initiated Pest Risk Assessment (3 ed.). United States Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Services. 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Edible Flowers of Izote, Immature Inflorescences of Pacaya, Immature Inflorescences of Chufle, and Fresh Leaves of Chipilin From El Salvador Into the Continental United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture. 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Soumyanath, Amala (2005). Traditional medicines for modern times: antidiabetic plants. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 9780429115653.
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