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JICAMA [2 records]

Record 1 2020-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Fabaceae.

OBS

jicama: common name also used to refer to the species Pachyrhizus erosus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Fabaceae.

OBS

Calopogonium caeruleum : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Food Industries
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mexican root vegetable, looks like a giant-size brown-skinned turnip. White flesh, crisp texture and slightly sweet flavor, it is delicious raw or cooked.

OBS

A native of Mexico and central America, but is now commonly cultivated throughout the tropics, West Indies and China.

OBS

Not to be confused with Pachyrrhizus tuberosus, another herbaceous vine also sometimes called yam bean or potato bean (cf. Hortus Third : A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada (BAIHO), 1976, p. 809).

Key term(s)
  • Pachyrhyzus erosus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Légumineuse à racines tubéreuses utilisée pour l'alimentation humaine et comme source d'amidon.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
  • Industria alimentaria
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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