Species profile—Pachyrhizus erosus
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Leguminosae → Pachyrhizus erosus
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Leguminosae
- Scientific name
- Pachyrhizus erosus (L.) Urb.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 15864
- Alternate name(s)
- Mexican yam bean
ahipa
yam-bean
potato-bean
Mexican potato
jicama - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=15864.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
