Apios americana

American groundnut
Flowers

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Apios
Species:
A. americana
Binomial name
Apios americana
Synonyms
List
    • Apios apios (L.) MacMill. (1892)
    • Apios perennis Vahl ex Hornem. (1815)
    • Apios tuberosa Moench (1794)
    • Glycine apios L. (1753)
    • Glycine tuberosa Salisb. (1796)
    • Gonancylis thyrsoidea Raf. (1824)
    • Phaseolus tuberosus Eaton & Wright (1840)

Apios americana, sometimes called the American groundnut, potato bean, hopniss, Indian potato, hodoimo, America-hodoimo, cinnamon vine, or groundnut (not to be confused with other plants in the subfamily Faboideae sometimes known by that name) is a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers.

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