Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Smallanthus
sonchifolius (Poepp. & Endl.) H. Robinson
SYNONYM(S) : Polymnia edulis Wedd., Polymnia sonchifolia Poepp. & Endl.
AYMARA : Aricona, Aricoma (Bolivia), Aricuma (Bolivia).
ENGLISH : Earth apple, Yacon strawberry.
FRENCH : Poire de terre.
JAPANESE : ヤーコン Yaakon.
QUECHUA : Llacjon, Llacoma, Llacón (Peru, Bolivia), Llacum, Llacuma, Llakuma (Peru, Bolivia), Llamón, Llaqon, Yacumpi.
SPANISH : Arboloco (Colombia), Chicama, Colla, Jacón, Jícama,
Jíquima (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador), Jíkima, Jiquimilla
(Venezuela, Colombia), Polaco, Puhe, Racón, Shicama, Taraca,
Yacón (Bolivia, Peru).
Photograph of tubers in Japan.
Photograph of leaves in Japan.
Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Smallanthus Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant
Name Database (M.M.P.N.D) - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems.
Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
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http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Smallanthus.html >
(2005).
Grau Alfredo & Rea Julio, Yacon - Smallanthus
sonchifolius (Poepp. & Endl.) H. Robinson.
Laboratorio de Investigaciones Ecologicas de las Yungas. Universidad Nacional de Tucuman. Argentina. < www.cipotato.org/market/ARTChermann/yacon.pdf >.
USDA, ARS, 2005, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov2/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?smallanthus (02 June 2005).
Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.
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