List of Root Vegetables - Modified Plant Stem

Modified Plant Stem

Further information: plant stem
  • Corm
    • Amorphophallus konjac (konjac)
    • Colocasia esculenta (taro)
    • Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese water chestnut)
    • Ensete spp. (enset)
    • Nelumbo nucifera
    • Nymphaea spp. (waterlily)
    • Pteridium esculentum
    • Sagittaria spp. (arrowhead or wapatoo)
    • Typha spp.
    • Xanthosoma spp. (malanga, cocoyam, tannia, and other names)
  • Rhizome
    • Curcuma longa (turmeric)
    • Panax ginseng (ginseng)
    • Arthropodium spp. (rengarenga, vanilla lily, and others)
    • Canna spp. (canna)
    • Cordyline fruticosa (ti)
    • Maranta arundinacea (arrowroot)
    • Nelumbo nucifera (lotus root)
    • Typha spp. (cattail or bulrush)
    • Zingiber officinale (ginger, galangal)
  • Tuber
    • Apios americana (hog potato or groundnut)
    • Cyperus esculentus (tigernut or chufa)
    • Dioscorea spp. (yams, ube)
    • Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke or sunchoke)
    • Hemerocallis spp. (daylily)
    • Lathyrus tuberosus (earthnut pea)
    • Oxalis tuberosa (oca or New Zealand yam)
    • Plectranthus edulis and P. esculentus (kembili, dazo, and others)
    • Solanum tuberosum (potato)
    • Stachys affinis (Chinese artichoke or crosne)
    • Tropaeolum tuberosum (mashua or añu)
    • Ullucus tuberosus (ulluco)

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