Enter chaya, a plant widely cultivated by modern Maya. Also known as “tree spinach,” it has a high protein content and, the team says, is a clear candidate as a source of protein in ancient ...

chewy fried masa cakes flecked with chaya, a local green that’s often called “tree spinach.” The leafy green is an ancient food source for the Maya, which serves as both nourishment and ...

Another is chaya, a shrub domesticated by the Maya and eaten today by their descendants ... perennials, herbs, trees, domesticates, and wild species. It was a unique endeavor." ...

a Mexican banyan tree strung with lights and floating in the lagoon, framed on three sides by the main hotel building. Check-in is a seated process: first, you're served chaya juice, a green leafy ...

You also explore Mayan culture and meet some of the people ... I brought some seeds, and I'm growing my own chaya tree in Washington, DC. I've been taking such good care of it for the past year ...

If you don't have it growing yet in your garden, you should. This plant is called Chaya, or Tree Spinach. In the Mayan culture they say it is a gift from the gods. Want to learn more about how to ...