Maca prices plummet: the once sky-high "plant Viagra" now sells for cabbage price

Original headline: Sky-high "plant Viagra" maca plunges in price, sells for cabbage price

On February 23, maca vendors make dried maca slices at the Kunming Mushuihua Wild Mushroom Trading Market.

Over the past few years, maca once went wild, with premium dried maca slices priced at over ten thousand, and fresh fruit prices also surging past 100 yuan. Now fresh maca fruit can be bought for just 7 to 10 yuan per kg. Compared with the fresh fruit price of more than 100 yuan per kg in mid-March last year, that is a drop of nearly 90 percent. Photo by: Ren Dong/China News Service

The photo shows piles of maca in the trading market.

The photo shows piles of maca in the trading market.

The photo shows piles of maca in the trading market.

The photo shows piles of dried maca slices in the trading market.