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{{short description|Plant roots used as a vegetable}}{{More citations needed|date=July 2024}}[[File:CarrotDiversityLg.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Carrot roots come in various shapes and colors]]'''Root vegetables''' are underground plant parts eaten by humans or animals as [[food]]. In agricultural and culinary terminology, the term applies to true [[root]]s, such as [[taproot]]s and [[tuberous root|root tuber]]s, as well as non-roots such as [[bulb]]s, [[corm]]s, [[rhizome]]s, and [[Stem tuber|stem tubers]].<ref>{{cite book |last=López Camelo |first=Andrés F. |year=2004 |title=Manual for the Preparation and Sale of Fruits and Vegetables |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DwUdO9hPZ7sC/page/n14 6] |isbn=92-5-104991-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DwUdO9hPZ7sC |access-date=2009-07-31 |quote=However, in the case of potatoes (Figure 10), sweet potatoes, and other root vegetables, readiness for harvest is based on the percentage of a specific size.}} Potatoes are technically not roots, and sweet potatoes are a type of root called tuberous roots.</ref>
[[File:CarrotDiversityLg.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Carrot roots come in various shapes and colors]]
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'''Root vegetables''' are underground plant parts eaten by humans or animals as [[food]]. In agricultural and culinary terminology, the term applies to true [[root]]s, such as [[taproot]]s and [[tuberous root|root tuber]]s, as well as non-roots such as [[bulb]]s, [[corm]]s, [[rhizome]]s, and [[Stem tuber|stem tubers]].<ref>{{cite book |last=López Camelo |first=Andrés F. |year=2004 |title=Manual for the Preparation and Sale of Fruits and Vegetables |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DwUdO9hPZ7sC/page/n14 6] |isbn=92-5-104991-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DwUdO9hPZ7sC |access-date=2009-07-31 |quote=However, in the case of potatoes (Figure 10), sweet potatoes, and other root vegetables, readiness for harvest is based on the percentage of a specific size.}} Potatoes are technically not roots, and sweet potatoes are a type of root called tuberous roots.</ref>


== Description ==
== Description ==
Root vegetables are generally [[storage organ]]s, enlarged to store energy in the form of [[carbohydrate]]s. They differ in the concentration and balance of [[starch]]es, [[sugar]]s, and other carbohydrates.
Root vegetables are generally energy [[storage organ]]s containing [[carbohydrate]]s such as [[starch]]es and [[sugar]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vanderschuren |first=Hervé |last2=Agusti |first2=Javier |date=2022-06-20 |title=Storage roots |url=https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(22)00429-8 |journal=Current Biology |language=English |volume=32 |issue=12 |pages=R607–R609 |doi=10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.034 |issn=0960-9822 |pmid=35728538|hdl=10251/198866 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>


==List of root vegetables==
==List of root vegetables==
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** ''[[Pteridium esculentum]]''
** ''[[Pteridium esculentum]]''
** ''[[Sagittaria]]'' spp. (arrowhead or wapatoo)
** ''[[Sagittaria]]'' spp. (arrowhead or wapatoo)
** ''[[Typha]] spp.
** ''[[Typha]]'' spp.
** ''[[Xanthosoma]]'' spp. (malanga, cocoyam, tannia, yautia and other names)
** ''[[Xanthosoma]]'' spp. (malanga, cocoyam, tannia, yautia and other names)
** ''[[Eddoe|Colocasia antiquorum]]'' (eddoe or Japanese potato)
** ''[[Eddoe|Colocasia antiquorum]]'' (eddoe or Japanese potato)
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=== True root ===
=== True root ===
{{further|root}}
{{further|Root}}
[[File:Turnip 2622027.jpg |thumb|right|Turnips, a taproot]]
[[File:Turnip 2622027.jpg |thumb|right|Turnips, a taproot]]
* [[Taproot]] (some types may incorporate substantial [[hypocotyl]] tissue)
* [[Taproot]] (some types may incorporate substantial [[hypocotyl]] tissue)

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Carrot roots come in various shapes and colors

Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans or animals as food. In agricultural and culinary terminology, the term applies to true roots, such as taproots and root tubers, as well as non-roots such as bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and stem tubers.[1]

Description

Root vegetables are generally energy storage organs containing carbohydrates such as starches and sugars.[2]

List of root vegetables

The following list classifies root vegetables organized by their roots' anatomy.

Modified plant stem

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Taro corms
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Ginger rhizomes
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Yam tubers

Root-like stem

True root

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Turnips, a taproot
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Cassava tuberous roots

Uses

Many root vegetables keep well in root cellars, lasting several months. This is one way of storing food for use long after harvest, which is especially important in nontropical latitudes, where winter is traditionally a time of little to no harvesting. There are also season extension methods that can extend the harvest throughout the winter, mostly through the use of polytunnels.

Starchy root vegetables are of particular economic importance as staple foods, especially in tropical regions. They overshadow cereals throughout much of Central and West Africa, as well as Oceania, in these areas being used directly or mashed to make foods such as fufu or poi.

References

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