Arracacha

Arracacha Arracacha is the root of a South American member of the carrot family, Arracacia xanthorhiza.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Arracacha Arracacha is the root of a South American member of the carrot family, Arracacia xanthorhiza.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Arracacha has been an important staple carbohydrate foodstuff in parts of South America for at least 300 years and today forms an important and popular item of diet, particularly amongst children, but because of its short shelf-life it has been relatively high-priced.

Chapter 8 1987

Arracacha originated in the Andes in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia but cultivation has now spread to Venezuela, parts of Brazil, Puerto Rico,

Chapter 8 1987

A strain of Arracacha virus B infecting oca (Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalidaceae) in the Peruvian Andes.

Chapter 24 1987

Oca strain of Arracacha virus B from potato in Peru.

Chapter 24 1987

Arracacha virus B, a second isometric virus infecting arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza;

Chapter 8 1987

Arracacha virus A, a newly recognised virus infecting arracacha (Arracacia xanthorrhiza;

Chapter 8 1987

_Arracacha esculenta_, of Bancroft and Decandolle (_Conium

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds