Arracacha
(its Spanish name in South America). ORD. Umbelliferoe. A half-hardy tuberous perennial, highly esteemed as an esculent in South America, where it yields a food, which is prepared in the same manner as potatoes, and is said to be grateful to the palate and extremely easy of digestion. It thrives best in rich loam, and is increased by divisions of the roots. A. esculenta (edible). fl. white; umbels opposite the leaves or terminal; involucre wanting. July. l. pinnate; leaflets broadly ovate, acuminated, deeply pinnatifid, profoundly serrated; the two lower leaflets petiolate, sub-ternate. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Mountainous districts of Northern South America, 1823. SYN. Conium Arracacha.