Apiaceae
Arracacha
Arracacia xanthorrhiza
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Arracacia
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- أراكاشة صفراء الجذور
- arz
- اراكاشه صفراء الجذور
- Chinese
- 秘魯胡蘿蔔, 秘鲁胡萝卜, 芹薯
- Czech
- Arakača jedlá
- Dutch
- Arracacha
- English
- Arracacha, Arracachas
- Esperanto
- Arakaĉo
- French
- Arracacha
- German
- Arakacha
- Haitian Creole
- Pannèm
- Japanese
- アラカチャ
- Javanese
- Arracacha
- Nepali
- घर तरुल
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Arracacca
- Polish
- Arracacha
- Portuguese
- Mandioquinha, Batata-baroa, Batata-salsa, Mandioquinha-salsa
- Quechua
- Raqacha
- Russian
- Арракача, Аракаха
- Spanish
- Apio criollo, Arracacha, Racacha, Virraca, Zanahoria blanca
- Thai
- อาร์รากาชา
- Ukrainian
- Аракача
Synonyms
- Arracacha esculenta DC.
- Arracacia andina Britton
- Arracacia esculenta DC.
- Arracacia xanthorrhiza var. andina (Britton) S.Knudsen, Sørensen & Hermann
- Bancroftia decipiens R.K.Porter
- Bancroftia decipiens R.K.Porter
- Bancroftia xanthorrhiza Billb.
- Conium arracacha Hook.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Germarquezm, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.