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Introduction

• Chia seed is obtained most commonly from Salvia
  hispanica of the Lamiaceae family.
• Other plants referred to as "chia" include
  "golden chia" (Salvia columbariae) and the
  flowering herbaceous perennial Salvia
  polystachya, which is rarely cultivated and the
  seeds are not used.
• The seeds of Salvia columbariae are used
  medicinally and for food.

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• The sixteenth-century Codex Mendoza provides
  evidence that it was cultivated by the Aztec in
  pre-Columbian times and economic historians say
  it may have been as important as maize as a food
  crop.
• It was given as an annual tribute by the people
  to the rulers in 21 of the 38 Aztec provincial
  states.
• Chia seeds served as a staple food of the
  Nahuatl (Aztec) cultures of Central Mexico.
• Jesuit chroniclers placed chia as the third most
  important crop in the Aztec culture, behind only
  corn, beans, and ahead of amaranth.
• Offerings to the Aztec priesthood were often paid
  in chia seed.

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