Yacón
Sson Asteraceae Asterales

Yacón

Asteraceae Family
Taxonomic Classification
Kingdom Plantae Class Magnoliopsida Order Asterales Family Asteraceae
Polyploidy History (PhyloWGD)
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Species Notes
Description
The yacón is a species of daisy traditionally grown in the northern and central Andes from Colombia to northern Argentina for its crisp, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots. Their texture and flavour are very similar to jícama, mainly differing in that yacón has some slightly sweet, resinous, and floral undertones to its flavour, probably due to the presence of inulin, which produces the sweet taste of the roots of elecampane, as well. Another name for yacón is Peruvian ground apple, possibly from the French name of potato, pomme de terre.
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