Jicama Plant

Jicama Plant

Classification:
Kingdom         : Plantae ( plants )
Division           : Magnoliophyta ( flowering )
Class                : Magnoliopsida ( dicots )
Order               : Fabales
Familia            : Fabaceae ( legumes )
Genus              : Pachyrrhizus
Species            : Pachyrrhizus erosus

Description:
Jicama (Pacchyrrizus erosus) has a single root tuber, the outer shell beige or light brown or dark brown, fleshy white or yellow-whitish ; wild bulbous in shape a lot, elongated shape. Compound leaves, leaf litter 3 ; bercuping menjari leaf blade or intact with scalloped edges ; mengetupat lateral leaflets asymmetrical to rounded eggs, mengginjal terminal leaflets. Inflorescence pseudo bunches, blooming lot. Flower petals were brown, purple-blue flowers crown or white. Fruit pods. Seeds flattened angular - rounded, green-colored brown or reddish brown.

MORPHOLOGY

1.      Root
Jicama root system of the plants root system is fibrous and forms the root of the yam (Pachyrrizus erosus) is shaped tops (napiformis) rounded base of the large roots , branches root root fibers form only in the narrow end of the tapered root . root is used as a place to store food reserves. Typically, the root of this plant will grow as the number of stored food reserves.

2.      Stems
Stems from the yam is soft and watery (herbaceous). Stems grow perpendicular (Homo) with monopodial branches

3.      Leaf
including incomplete leaf, including three compound leaves leaf litter, leaves toothed edge

4.      Flower
flower bunches of flowers including false, flowering much. Flower petals were brown, purple-blue flowers crown or white.

5.      seeds
Seeds flattened angular-rounded, green-colored brown or reddish brown.

6.      Root tubers
These plants form root tubers ( cormus ) which serves as a food reserve storage . Shaped like a top round or rounded weighing 5 kg can achieve . Tuber skin thin pale yellow and white inside .

ANATOMY

1.      Root
the roots of this plant consists of several parts , namely :

a.    The epidermis

b.   Cortex

c.    The endothermic

d.   Cylinders center / stele

2.      Stems
Stems of this plant has an open collateral type , while the parts of this plant are:

a.       The epidermis

b.      Cortex

c.       The endothermic

d.       Stele / central cylinder contained files Transportation ( BP ) / Transportation Networks ( JP ) open collateral type . There pith and perisikel

3.      Leave
parts of the anatomy of leaves on this plant , namely :

a.       Upper epidermis and lower epidermis

b.      Network mesophyll consists of palisade and spongy

c.       Network carrier

d.       Stomata

e.       Cells guard