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'''Tubers''' are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients. They are used by plants to overwinter and regrow the next year and as a means of asexual reproduction. Two different groups of tubers are: stem tubers, and root tubers.
'''Tubers''' are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients. They are used by plants to overwinter and regrow the next year and as a means of asexual reproduction. Two different groups of tubers are: stem tubers, and root tubers.
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A Stem tuber forms from thickened rhizomes.
A Stem tuber forms from thickened rhizomes.


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** ''also known as:'' [[earth apple]], [[girasole]], [[Jerusalem artichoke]], [[sunchoke]], [[sunroot]], [[topinambour]]
** ''also known as:'' [[earth apple]], [[girasole]], [[Jerusalem artichoke]], [[sunchoke]], [[sunroot]], [[topinambour]]
* '''[[jícama]]'''
* '''[[jícama]]'''
** ''also known as:'' [[ahipa]], [[Chinese turnip]], [[jícama]], [[jicama]], [[lo bok]], [[Mexican potato]], [[Mexican yam bean]], [[saa got]], [[yam bean]]
** ''also known as:'' [[ahipa]], [[Chinese turnip]], [[jícama]], [[jicama]], [[lo bok]], [[Mexican potato]], [[Mexican yam bean]], [[saa got]], [[yam bean]]
*** ''substitute':'' [[daikon radish]],  [[Jerusalem artichoke]], [[tart apples]], [[turnips]] ,[[water chestnuts]]
*** ''substitute':'' [[daikon radish]],  [[Jerusalem artichoke]], [[tart apples]], [[turnips]] ,[[water chestnuts]]
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** ''also known as:'' [[ahipa]], [[Chinese turnip]], [[jícama]], [[jicama]], [[lo bok]], [[Mexican potato]], [[Mexican yam bean]], [[saa got]], [[yam bean]]
** ''also known as:'' [[ahipa]], [[Chinese turnip]], [[jícama]], [[jicama]], [[lo bok]], [[Mexican potato]], [[Mexican yam bean]], [[saa got]], [[yam bean]]
*** ''substitute':'' [[daikon radish]],  [[Jerusalem artichoke]], [[tart apples]], [[turnips]] ,[[water chestnuts]]
*** ''substitute':'' [[daikon radish]],  [[Jerusalem artichoke]], [[tart apples]], [[turnips]] ,[[water chestnuts]]
* '''[[Oca]]]'''
* '''[[Oca]]'''
** ''also known as:'' [[New Zealand yam]], [[Oka]], [[Oxalis tuberosa]], [[Oxalis tuberosus]]
** ''also known as:'' [[New Zealand yam]], [[Oka]], [[Oxalis tuberosa]], [[Oxalis tuberosus]]
* '''[[old cocoyam]]'''
* '''[[old cocoyam]]'''
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* [[Rhizome]]


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Latest revision as of 15:22, 15 January 2017


Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients. They are used by plants to overwinter and regrow the next year and as a means of asexual reproduction. Two different groups of tubers are: stem tubers, and root tubers.

New potato tubers

A Stem tuber forms from thickened rhizomes.

A root tuber is a modified lateral root, enlarged to function as a storage organ.

For culinary purposes, think of tubers, corms, rhizomes as potato-like vegetables that are primarily used as a source of carbohydrates.

A detailed list of corms and tubers
with equivalent names and culinary substitutes

Oca tubers OxalisTuberosa

see also: Groundnuts

See also

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