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Jicama

(Pachyrhizus erosus)

English:

Mexican yambean, short-podded yam bean, yambean, potato bean, Mexican turnip

Jicama
Chinese:

sa got, sha kot, dou shu (bean tuber), di gwa (earth gourd), lian shu (cooling tuber), fan-ko (sand creeper)

Danish:

mexikansk yamsbønne
Dutch:

bangkoewang
Filipino:

sinkamas, bunga, frijolnme, singkmas, kamas
French:

dolique bulbeux, d. tubéreux, pois patate, patate cochon, jicama

German:

Yams-Bohne, Knollenbohne
Hindi:

sankalu
Indonesian:

seng kooang, bangkoe-wang, beng kooway, besusu, huwihiris, benkuan

Italian:

fagiolo patata
Japanese:

kuzuimo
Laotian:

man pau
Malay:

ubi sengkuang, kacang sengkuang, singkong, beng kuwong

Portuguese:

jicama
Spanish:

judia batata, achipa ajipa, jícama, yuco de bejuco

Thai:

man kaeo, hua pae kkua, man laao
Vietnamese:
cu dau, cu san



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