Root Vegetables - True Root

True Root

Further information: root
  • Taproot (some types may incorporate substantial hypocotyl tissue)
    • Arracacia xanthorrhiza (arracacha)
    • Abelmoschus moschatus (bush carrot)
    • Beta vulgaris (beet and mangelwurzel)
    • Brassica spp. (rutabaga and turnip)
    • Bunium persicum (black cumin)
    • Burdock (Arctium, family Asteraceae)
    • Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus)
    • Celeriac - (Apium graveolens rapaceum)
    • Daikon - East Asian radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
    • Lepidium meyenii (maca)
    • Microseris scapigera (yam daisy)
    • Pachyrhizus spp. (jicama and ahipa)
    • Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
    • Petroselinum spp. (parsley root)
    • Radish -
    • Scorzonera hispanica (black salsify)
    • Sium sisarum (skirret)
    • Tragopogon spp. (salsify)
    • Vigna lanceolata (bush potato)
  • Tuberous root
    • Amorphophallus glabra (Yellow lily yam)
    • Conopodium majus (pignut or earthnut)
    • Hornstedtia scottiana (Native ginger)
    • Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato)
    • Ipomoea costata (desert yam)
    • Manihot esculenta (cassava or yuca or manioc)
    • Mirabilis extensa (mauka or chago)
    • Psoralea esculenta (breadroot, tipsin, or prairie turnip)
    • Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacón)

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