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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Kañiwa
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Amaranthaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Chenopodium]]''
| species = '''''C. pallidicaule'''''
| binomial = ''Chenopodium pallidicaule''
| binomial_authority = Aellen
}}

'''Kañiwa''' is a species of [[goosefoot]], similar in character and uses to the closely related [[quinoa]].  It has important beneficial characteristics including tolerance of high mountain conditions and the grain's high [[protein]] content and lack of the [[saponin]]s which complicate quinoa use, but its [[domestication]] is not complete and non-uniformity of grain ripening is a limitation.