name: Jerusalem Artichoke
flavor_db_name_variants: jerusalem artichoke
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Jerusalem artichoke
id: 387
name_scientific: Helianthus tuberosus
description: The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), also called sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple or topinambour, is a species of sunflower native to eastern North America, and found from eastern Canada and Maine west to North Dakota, and south to northern Florida and Texas. It is also cultivated widely across the temperate zone for its tuber, which is used as a root vegetable.
itis_id: 36691
wikipedia_id: Jerusalem artichoke
picture_file_name: 392.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 67392
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:30:47.000Z
legacy_id: 419
food_group: Vegetables
food_subgroup: Tubers
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:39.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 4233
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00387