Definition
A tropical plant native to Mexico whose roots contain saponins used traditionally as a natural insecticide and for other medicinal purposes.
Etymology
From Spanish 'barbasco' or Nahuatl origins; the plant is scientifically called Lonchocarpus species. The name likely relates to indigenous Mesoamerican languages where the plant was first cultivated.
Kelly Says
The Aztecs used babasco as a fish poison and insecticide long before modern pesticides—it's a reminder that indigenous peoples developed sophisticated chemistry for agriculture thousands of years before Western science caught up.
Translations
ARالعربية
باباسكو
ba-ba-sku
BNবাংলা
বাবাসকো
ba-ba-sko
CACatalà
babasco
ba-ba-sko
CSČeština
babasco
ba-ba-sko
DADansk
babasco
ba-ba-sko
DEDeutsch
Babasco
ba-ba-sko
ELΕλληνικά
μπάμπαςκο
mpa-pas-ko
ESEspañol
babasco
ba-ba-sko
FAفارسی
باباسکو
ba-ba-sku
FISuomi
babasco
ba-ba-sko
FRFrançais
babasco
ba-ba-sko
HIहिन्दी
बाबासको
ba-ba-sko
HUMagyar
babasco
ba-ba-sko
IDBahasa Indonesia
babasco
ba-ba-sko
ITItaliano
babasco
ba-ba-sko
MSBahasa Melayu
babasco
ba-ba-sko
NLNederlands
babasco
ba-ba-sko
NONorsk
babasco
ba-ba-sko
PLPolski
babasco
ba-ba-sko
PTPortuguês
babasco
ba-ba-sko
RORomână
babasco
ba-ba-sko
RUРусский
бабаско
baba-sko
SVSvenska
babasco
ba-ba-sko
SWKiswahili
babasco
ba-ba-sko
TAதமிழ்
பாபாஸ்கோ
pa-ba-sko
TEతెలుగు
బాబాస్కో
ba-ba-sko
TRTürkçe
babasco
ba-ba-sko
UKУкраїнська
бабаско
baba-sko
VITiếng Việt
babasco
ba-ba-sko