Description: - Perennial
- Family of the sunflower grow up to 3m
- Perennial with sand-papery leaves
- Yellow flowers and edible knobby tubers
- Full sun to partial shade
- Easy to grow in any soil
Culinary Uses: - Sweet nutty taste like brazil nuts
- Salads snack for dieters
- Similar to potatoes when boiled and mashed.
- Use like potatoes in recipes roast, bake, French fries, soups, pickled
Parts Used: Medicinal Uses. It is said that: - Does not contain starch.
- Contain inulin type of fructose, a natural sugar.
- Inulin taste tastes sweet and satisfied like starch, but is not digested - average less than 120 calories per cup
- Can be tolerated by diabetics
Other Uses: - Use tubers to fatten cattle, sheep and pigs
- Stems and leaves are rich in fat, protein and pectin make good forage and silage
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