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Plukenetia volubilis, commonly known as sacha inchi, sacha peanut, mountain peanut, Inca nut or Inca-peanut, is a perennial plant in the family Euphorbiaceae, having small trichomes on its leaves. It is native to much of tropical South America ( Suriname, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northwestern Brazil ), as well as some of ...
- P. volubilis
- Plukenetia
Inga is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees [2] and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. Inga ' s leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white. Many of the hundreds of species are used ornamentally . Several related plants have been placed into this genus at one time, for example Yopo (Cohoba, Mopo, Nopo or Parica ...
Chakana. The Chakana ( Andean cross, "stepped cross" or "step motif" or "stepped motif") is a stepped cross motif used by the Inca and pre-incan Andean societies. The most commonly used variation of this symbol today is made up of an equal-armed cross indicating the cardinal points of the compass and a superimposed square.
Vitcos. / 13.09833°S 72.93194°W / -13.09833; -72.93194. Vitcos was a residence of Inca nobles and a ceremonial center of the Neo-Inca State (1537-1572). The archaeological site of ancient Vitcos, called Rosaspata, is in the Vilcabamba District of La Convención Province, Cusco Region in Peru. The ruins are on a ridge overlooking the ...
- In ruins
- Inca
- c. 1450 CE
The Peruvian Hairless Dog, [1] Peruvian viringo, [2] Peruvian Inca Orchid, naked dog, or Chimú dog is one of several breeds of hairless dog. Peruvian Hairless dogs were also called “perros Chinos” which translates directly to chinese dogs but was thought to have the meaning of “house-dogs” instead, as ”China” is a Quechua ...
e. The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire ), called Tawantinsuyu by its subjects ( Quechua for the " Realm of the Four Parts " [a] ), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. [4] The administrative, political, and military center of the empire was in the city of Cusco. The Inca civilization rose from the ...
Much of the trail is of original Inca construction The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (also known as Camino Inca or Camino Inka) is a hiking trail in Peru that terminates at Machu Picchu.It consists of three overlapping trails: Mollepata, Classic, and One Day.Mollepata is the longest of the three routes with the highest mountain pass and intersects with the Classic route before crossing ...
