- Scientific name
- Arracacia xanthorrhiza
- Common name
- Arracacha
- Kingdom / family
- Apiaceae (Carrot family)
- Genus
- Arracacia
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- crop
- Crop type
- vegetable
- Growth habit
- perennial; leaves deeply divided up to about 1 m height
- Edible
- yes
- Temperature
- 14 to 21 °C
- pH
- 5 to 6
- Precipitation
- 800 to 1200 mm
- Soil texture
- 3
- Light
- 5/10
- Native regions
- ["Bolivia","Colombia","Ecuador","Peru","India [c]; Guatemala [I]; El Salvador [I]; Honduras [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Haiti [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Valle); Venezuela [I]; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí)","Armenia | Manizales | Pasto","Caribbean","Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Valle","Putumayo, municipio de Mocoa, Vereda San Carlos, Centro Experimental Amazónico CEA, Corpoamazonia."]
- Invasive regions
- ["Amazonia colombiana: sur del departamento del Vichada; el suroriente del Meta; todo el territorio de los departamentos de Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare, Putumayo y Vaupés; la Bota Caucana; y las vertientes amazónicas de Nariño (la parte alta de los ríos Guamuez, Sucio, San Miguel y Aguarico)","Costa Rica","Cuba","Dominican Republic","El Salvador","Guatemala","Haiti","Honduras","Jamaica","Puerto Rico","Trinidad-Tobago","BR","CU"]