Roots and Tuber Crops as Functional Foods: A Review on Phytochemical Constituents and Their Potential Health Benefits

Table 2

Different types of tuber crops commonly consumed in world.

	Botanical name	Family	Common name
Potatoes	Solanum tuberosum	Solanaceae
Country potato; Hausa potato	Solenostemon rotundifolius	Lamiaceae (mint family)	Innala, ratala (Sri Lanka)
Cannas	Canna edulis	Cannaceae	Buthsarana (Sri Lanka)
	Maranta arundinacea L.	Marantaceae	Arrow root; Hulankeeriya (Sri Lanka); Aru aru, arawak (India)
Taro	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Araceae	Kiriala (Sri Lanka); Keladi (Malaysia); Phueak (Thailand); Khoai mon (Vietnam); Sato-imo (Japan)
Yam	Dioscorea alata	Dioscoreaceae	Purple yam; greater yam; Guyana; water yam; Winged yam; Raja ala (Sri Lanka); Ube (Philippines)
Sweet potatoes	Ipomoea batatas	Convolvulaceae	Camote; batata; Shakarkand
Cassava	Manihot esculenta	Euphorbiaceae	Yuxco; mogo; manioc; mandioca; kamoteng kahoy
Elephant foot yam	Amorphophallus paeoniifolius	Araceae	White pot giant arum; stink lily