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Pachyrhizus erosus

Plants

Family: Fabaceae · Genus: Pachyrhizus

Pachyrhizus erosus

Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.) · public_domain

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Pachyrhizus erosus, commonly known as jícama or Mexican turnip, is a native Mesoamerican vine, although the name jícama most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root. It is in the pea family (Fabaceae). Pachyrhizus tuberosus and Pachyrhizus ahipa are the other two cultivated species in the genus. The naming of this group of edible plants can sometimes be confusing, with much overlap of similar, or the same, common names.

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