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Maca is an annual herbaceous plant. The root is tuberose -i.e., swollen- a word that comes from tuber in Latin. Its stems are underground and measure 10 to 14 cm in length and 3 to 5 cm in diameter in the widest part; they measure 15 cm in circumference. The plant presents a big quantity of white rootlets reaching up to 15 cm in length, extended in all directions.