Tajonal honey
Viguiera dentata
A light amber honey from the yellow flowers of tajonal (Viguiera dentata), which blooms on the Yucatán in the winter dry season.
- Origin
- Mexico – Yucatán Peninsula
- Colour
- 60 mm · light amber
- Taste
- mild, sweet, floral
- Crystallization
- fast
- Plant
- Viguiera dentata · tajonal →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
Tajonal provides about 42% of the yearly honey crop of the Yucatán Peninsula, one of Mexico’s main beekeeping regions.
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