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