Echites panduratus
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Echites panduratus is a climbing vine with edible flowers, widespread in Guatemala, El Salvador, and other countries in Central America as well as parts of Mexico. The name "loroco" is used throughout
Guia de Loroco
Echites panduratus: Cropped buds for cooking
Pupusa
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A pupusa is a thick griddle cake or flatbread from El Salvador and Honduras made with cornmeal or rice flour stuffed with one or more ingredients including cheese, beans, chicharrón, or squash. It can
Echites panduratus
…important source of food in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The plant's buds and flowers are used for cooking in a variety of ways, including in pupusas. S. Facciola (1990). Cornucopia. A source book of edible plants. Kampong…
Several prepared pupusas
A woman with pupusas in Apopa in 1990
A 5.5-meter-wide (18 ft) pupusa created in Antiguo Cuscatlán in 2016
Pupusas being cooked on a comal