Mabanja ambiri aku Yucatecan amadya yophika kapena yokazinga kapena yopakidwa ndi ufa wambewu wa dzungu, komabe lero zapezeka zikwi zikwi mu zakudya za kumwera chakum'mawa, kuphatikiza madzi a chaya, omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pochotsera zowawa.
Chomera cha banja la Euphorbiaceae. Smooth shrub, kutalika kwa mita ziwiri kapena zitatu. Ili ndi nthambi zoonda sentimita imodzi m'mimba mwake; makungwa akuda, pafupifupi oyera, ndi tsitsi lobaya pang'ono; masamba okhala ndi masamba ataliatali. Okhazikika, okhala ndi ma lobes atatu kuyambira pakati mpaka pamwamba; inflorescence yokhala ndi nthambi zitatu; Ndi chomera chomwe chimayamikiridwa chifukwa cha masamba odyedwa, omwe akhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito kuyambira nthawi ya Amaya akale, malinga ndi Relationship of Things in Yucatán wolemba Fray Diego de Landa.
Mabanja ambiri aku Yucatecan amadya yophika kapena yokazinga kapena yopakidwa ndi ufa wambewu wa dzungu, komabe lero zapezeka zikwi zikwi mu zakudya za kumwera chakum'mawa, kuphatikiza madzi a chaya, omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pochotsera zowawa.
Mankhwala a anthu amati chaya amatengedwa motsutsana ndi kudzimbidwa ndi matenda okodzetsa.
Lili ndi phosphorous, calcium, mavitamini A ndi B ndipo amapezeka ku peninsula ya Yucatan.
Imadziwikanso ndi mayina amtundu wina dechaya mansa, chay, chaya colykeki-chay.
