ʻAi nā ʻohana Yucatecan he nui i kuke ʻia a palai ʻia a i hoʻowalewale ʻia me ka paukena hua pauka, eia nō naʻe i kēia lā ua loaʻa he hoʻokahi kaukani noi i ka meaʻai o ka hema hikina, me ka wai chaya, i hoʻohana ʻia no ka detoxifying kumu.
ʻO ka mea kanu o ka ʻohana euphorbiaceae. Kahi nahele lahilahi, ʻelua a ʻekolu mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe. He mau lālā lahilahi kona he kenetimita ke anawaena; ʻili mānoanoa, ʻaneʻane keʻokeʻo, me nā lauoho peʻahi iki; nā lau me nā petioles lōʻihi. ʻO Oblong, me ʻekolu mau lobes mai ka ʻaoʻao waena a luna; inflorescence me nā lālā ʻekolu; a mea liʻiliʻi loa, ʻaneʻane ʻike ʻole ʻia bract.ʻO ia mea kanu i mahalo nui ʻia no kāna lau ʻai hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia, mai ka wā o ka poʻe Maya kahiko, e like me ka Pili o nā Mea ma Yucatán na Fray Diego de Landa.
ʻAi nā ʻohana Yucatecan he nui i kuke ʻia a palai ʻia a i hoʻowalewale ʻia me ka paukena hua pauka, eia nō naʻe i kēia lā ua loaʻa he hoʻokahi kaukani noi i ka meaʻai o ka hema hikina, me ka wai chaya, i hoʻohana ʻia no ka detoxifying kumu.
Wahi a nā lāʻau Folk lawe ʻia ʻo chaya e kūʻē i ka paʻa paʻa a me nā maʻi diuretic.
Loaʻa iā ia ka phosphorus, ka calcium, nā huaora A a me ka B a loaʻa wale ia i ka penikala Yucatan.
ʻIke ʻia ia e nā inoa vernacular dechaya mansa, chay, chaya colykeki-chay.
