Apios americana 2025888 213530733 2008-05-19T19:22:49Z Rumpuscat 2536439 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 213371894 by [[Special:Contributions/Portorricensis|Portorricensis]] ([[User talk:Portorricensis|talk]]) please see Talk:Apio {{Taxobox | name = ''Apios americana'' | image = Apios_americana.jpg | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Fabales]] | familia = [[Fabaceae]] | subfamilia = [[Faboideae]] | genus = ''[[Apios]]'' | species = '''''A. americana''''' | binomial = ''Apios americana'' | binomial_authority = Medikus | synonyms = ''A. tuberosa'' <small>Moench</small> }} '''''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 plant|perennial]] [[vine]] native to eastern [[North America]], and bears edible [[bean]]s and large edible [[tuber]]s. It grows to 3-4 m long, with pinnate [[leaf|leaves]] 8-15 cm long with 5-7 leaflets. The [[flower]]s are red-brown to purple, produced in dense [[raceme]]s. 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-[[Europe]]an North America, and is now being developed for [[domestication]]. == External links == * [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/V1-436.html Domestication of ''Apios americana''] * [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Apios+americana&CAN=COMIND Plants for a future database] * [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=APAM ''Apios americana'' at the USDA Plants database] * [http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/The_Forager/hopniss.htm Hopniss: North America's best wild tuber?] {{vegetable-stub}} {{Faboideae-stub}} [[Category:Edible legumes]] [[Category:Faboideae]] [[Category:Flora of North America]] [[Category:Root vegetables]] [[Category:Underutilized crops]]