Jícama or Jicama 'Bangkwan'
- Product number: 328750
- Origin: Central America
- Latin: Pachyrhizus erosus
Always fascinating, a vegetable that is widely cultivated in the tropics but completely unknown here... The young, brown tubers with light flesh are edible. They can be chopped raw, roasted or cooked into a mash. Harvest young (before flowering) for consumption. After flowering, the beans appear, which are not edible. Go on an adventure, there are interesting recipes on the internet!
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Latin: Pachyrhizus erosus
Dutch: Yamboon
Also known as: Bangkwan
English: Jicama, Mexican Turnip, Mexican Potato. Yambean
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- Flower colour: White flowers
- Origin: Central America
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Advanced
- Latin: Pachyrhizus erosus
- Dutch: Yamboon
- Also known as: Bangkwan
- English: Jicama, Mexican Turnip, Mexican Potato. Yambean
