Agriculture Reference
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Xeric Winters moist and cool, summers warm and dry.
Yam bean (A), jicama (A, W) A root crop (Pachyrhizus erosus).
Yautia (A, C), tannia (A, C), taina (A, C), new cocoyam tanier (A, C)
A root crop
(Xanthosoma sagittifolium).
Yuca (NA, SA), cassava
A root crop (Manihot esculenta).
Common names in various partsoftheworldasindicated:W¼ World, NA ¼ North
America, SA ¼ South America, A ¼ Asia and Africa, PI ¼ Pacific Islands, E ¼ Europe,
C ¼ Caribbean.
