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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