Helianthus tuberosus (Common names)

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Names in common use

• English: Jerusalem artichoke, sunchoke
• German: Topinambur; Erdapfel, Erdbirne
• Dutch: aardpeer, topinamboer
• Swedish: jordärtskocka
• Danish: jordskok
• Norwegian: jordskokk
• Icelandic:
  

• French: topinambour
• Italian: topinambur, rapa tedesca, patata del Canadà , carciofo di Gerusalemme
• Spanish: tupinambo, topinambur, pataca, papa de Jerusalén, patata de Judea
• Catalan: nyàmera, pataca, patata de canya
• Portuguese: tupinambo, girassol batateiro, batata tupinamba
• Romanian: topinambur, picioică
  

• Russian: топинамбур - topinambur
• Polish: bulwy, bulwa, topinambur, słonecznik bulwiasty
• Czech: topinambur; židovské brambory
• Slovak: topinambur, slnečnica hľuznatá
• Bulgarian:
• Croatian: čičoka
• Serb:
• Slovenian:
• Macedonian:
  

• Latvian:
• Lithuanian: topinambas
• Albanian: mollë dheu
• Greek: κολοκάσι, ψευδοκολοκάσι - kolokasi, psevdhokolokasi
• Turkish: yerelması, yer elması
• Maltese:
• Hungarian: csicsóka
• Finnish: maa-artisokka
• Estonian: maapirn, topinambur
  

Sources and commentaries

• Greek
  • Ἡελίανθος ὁ κονδυλόρριζος... is popularly known by us as Κολοκάσιον and better Ψευδοκολοκάσιον, whereas in Cyprus they call it Κολοκασούδι, Πορτοκολοκάσι and Μυρμηρινιά. (Gennadios, 1959).