Common Names of Root and Tuber Crops Listed by the
Structure of the Edible Organ
BULBS
Garlic
Giant Garlic
Great-headed Garlic
Lily
Longroot Onion
Maravilla bulb
Onion
Rakkyo
Tree Onion
Tuffed Hyacinth

CORMS
Arrowhead
Chinese Water Chestnut
Elephant Yam
Gallan
Giant Swamp Taro
Giant Taro, Alocasia
Kuwai
Tannia
Taro, Cocoyam, Dasheen
Wild Water Chestnut

RHIZOMES
Canna
Codonopsis, Deodeog
East Indian Arrowroot
Ginger
Greater Galangal
Japanese Wild Ginger
Lotus Root
Shiny Bugleweed
Turmeric
Wasabi
Water Lily
West Indian Arrowroot
Zedoary

ROOTS
Arracacha
Beetroot, Sugar Beet
Burdock
Carrot
Cassava, Manihot
Celeriac, Turnip-Rooted Celery
Chicory, Witloof Chicory
Coastal Glehnia
Daikon
Dandelion
Euryale
Garden Myrrh
Gobouazami
Horseradish
Japanese Bindweed
Kudzu
Maca
Marama Bean
Meadow Salsify
Parsnip
Potato Bean
Radish
Rampion
Rutabaga, Swede
Salsify
Scolymus
Scorzonera
Sweetpotato
Tettu
Tuberous-rooted Mustard
Turnip
Turnip-Rooted Chervil
Turnip-Rooted Parsley
Winged Bean
Yacon
Yam Bean, Ahipa

TUBERS
Aerial Yam
African Yam Bean
Bitter Yam
Chinese Yam
Chufa
Country Potato
Cush-Cush Yam
Earth Chestnut
False Yam
Flemingia
Hausa Potato
Japanese Artichoke
Jerusalem Artichoke
Lesser Yam
Mauka
Oca
Potato
Topee
Ulluco
Water Yam
White Guinea Yam
Yellow Yam
Ysaño



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