Chili. This time I will talk about something with which you identify Mexico, no, not tacos or tequila, I mean chili. The chili for over 500 years has been part of the diet of Mexicans; the different Hispanic cultures , including the Aztec, Zapotec and Teotihuacan, immortalized its image in codices and glyphs made of stone. The word chili , comes from Nahuatl chilli , and is the fruit (berry) of various species of the genus Capsicum of the nightshade family . Mesoamerica is the center and the development of chili, so it is not surprising that Mexico has the greatest biodiversity of this product worldwide. The National System of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (SINAREFI), in 2013 launched the second edition of the map Diversity, chilies in Mexico, where 64 different varieties distributed throughout the country are contemplated, - although think there , more than 200 native varieties -. Only in Oaxaca over 25 different types were found .
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