Asteraceae
Yacón
Smallanthus sonchifolius
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Smallanthus
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Common names
By language (31)
- Arabic
- إجاص الأرض, ياكون تفافي الأوراق
- arz
- اجاص الارض
- Catalan
- Yacón
- Cebuano
- Yakon
- Chinese
- 菊薯, 雪莲果, 雪蓮薯
- Czech
- Jakon
- dty
- भुइँ स्याउ
- Dutch
- Yacón
- English
- Yacón, Yacon
- Esperanto
- Jakono
- French
- Poire de terre, Yacón
- German
- Yacón, Yacon
- Greek
- Γιακόν
- Iloko
- Yacon
- Indonesian
- Tanaman insulin
- Japanese
- ヤーコン
- Korean
- 야콘
- Lithuanian
- Valgomasis verpstinas
- Macedonian
- Јакон
- pam
- Yakon, Iakon, Iakun, Yacún, Yakun
- Polish
- Yacón
- Portuguese
- Yacon, Batata yacon, Yacón
- Quechua
- Llakhun, Hikama, Jikama, Lakwas, Llakhuma, Llakuma, Llakun, Yacon
- Russian
- Якон
- shn
- မၼ်းၵိၼ်လိပ်း
- Slovenian
- Jakon, Jukon
- Spanish
- Yacon, Yacón
- Swedish
- Yacón
- Thai
- เสวี่ยเหลียนกว่อ
- Vietnamese
- Sallanches salicifolius
- war
- Yakon
Synonyms
- Helianthus esculentus Warsz. ex Otto & Dietr.
- Polymnia edulis Wedd.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: margaritarestrepou, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: margaritarestrepou, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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). About our plant data.