Malapa a mangata a Yucatecan a e ja e phehiloe kapa e halikiloe kapa e hlohlellelitsoe ka phofo ea peo ea mokopu, leha ho le joalo kajeno ho fumanoe lits'ebetso tse sekete lijong tsa ka boroa-bochabela, ho kenyeletsoa le metsi a chaya, a sebelisetsoang ho tlosa chefo.
Semela sa lelapa la Euphorbiaceae. Smooth shrub, bolelele ba limithara tse peli ho isa ho tse tharo. E na le makala a masesaane bophara ba senthimithara e le 'ngoe; makhapetla a teteaneng, a batlang a le masoeu, ka moriri o mong o hlabang hanyane; makhasi a nang le li-petioles tse telele. E sephara, e na le li-lobes tse tharo ho tloha karolong e bohareng ho ea holimo; inflorescence e nang le makala a mararo; Ke semela se ananeloang haholo bakeng sa makhasi a sona a jeoang, se sebelisitsoeng ho tloha mehleng ea Mayans oa khale, ho latela Relationship of Things in Yucatán ea Fray Diego de Landa.
Malapa a mangata a Yucatecan a e ja e phehiloe kapa e halikiloe kapa e hlohlellelitsoe ka phofo ea peo ea mokopu, leha ho le joalo kajeno ho fumanoe lits'ebetso tse sekete lijong tsa ka boroa-bochabela, ho kenyeletsoa le metsi a chaya, a sebelisetsoang ho tlosa chefo.
Meriana ea batho e re chaya e nkuoa khahlano le ho bipetsoa le mafu a diuretic.
E na le phosphorus, calcium, vithamine A le B mme e fumaneha feela hloahloeng ea Yucatan.
E boetse e tsejoa ka mabitso a puo ea lehae dechaya mansa, chay, chaya colykeki-chay.
