Salvia hispanica - Salvia hispanica commonly known as chia is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala. The 16th-century Codex Mendoza provides evidence that it was cultivated by the Aztec in pre-Columbian times; economic historians have suggested it was as important as maize as a food crop. It is still used in Mexico and Guatemala sometimes with the seeds ground or with whole seeds used for nutritious drinks and as a food source. Given a choice of categories company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, the text refers to which one?
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Plant