Tara-garden YACON RHIZOME VERY RARE GROUND APPLE PLANT CRUNCHY FRUITY TASTING TUBERS You are buying 1 oz. of Yacon rhizome. (I am not ship to California) Smallanthus Sonchifolius ready to plant, e-zy to grow, collected from my garden Doi-Tung mountain 2016. Family: Asteraceae Taxon: Smallanthus Genus: sonchifolius Synonyms: Polymnia edulis, P. sonchifolia Common Names: aricoma, arboloco, aricona, arikuma, colla, chiriguano, ipio, jacn, jicama, jiquima, jikima, jiquimilla, leafcup, llacon, llacoma, mexican potato, polaco, poire de terre, potato bean, puhe, shicama, taraca, yacn, yacuma, yacumpi Part Used: root, leaves This tall flowering perennial produces edible tubers which can be eaten raw or cooked.