category: Other Root Vegetables

The tigernut or earth almond 'Chufa' is a perennial vegetable and medicinal plant from Africa with a long tradition. In Egypt it is one of the oldest cultivated plants and was grown 6000 years ago...

The red maca is a very old biennial root vegetable and medicinal plant from the high altitudes of the Peruvian Andes and was cultivated by the Chinchay culture over 2000 years ago. For the Incas...

The sugar root is a very old perennial root vegetable and medicinal plant that comes from the Middle East, has been known since the Middle Ages and has been forgotten today. There are no known...

The parsley root 'Osborne' is an old two-year-old root vegetable from Germany. The species originally comes from the eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. The hardy variety forms 22-25 cm long and cone-shaped creamy-white roots, with...

The parsnip 'Half length white' is a very old, biennial and versatile root vegetable that originates from southern and central Europe. Thousands of years ago, root vegetables were a rich staple food until they were...