Chef at 13:33, 11 March 2014

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[[Image:Apios Americana.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Apios americana]]

'''Apios Americana''', sometimes called the '''potato bean''', '''hopniss''', '''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.
==See also==
'''There is a very comprehensive [[List of tubers|list of corms and tubers here]]'''

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Chef at 13:33, 11 March 2014