Everything about Apios Americana totally explained
Apios americana, sometimes called the
potato bean,
Indian potato or
groundnut (but not to be confused with other plants sometimes known by the name
groundnut) is a
perennial vine native to eastern
North America, and bears edible
beans and large edible
tubers. It grows to 3-4 m long, with pinnate
leaves 8-15 cm long with 5-7 leaflets. The
flowers are red-brown to purple, produced in dense
racemes. The
fruit is a
legume (pod) 6-12 cm long.
The tubers are crunchy and nutritious, with a high content of
starch and especially
protein. The plant was one of the most important food plants of pre-
European North America, and is now being developed for
domestication.
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