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Pachyrhizus erosus, Urban (Dolichos erosus, Linn. D. bulbosus, Linn. P. bulbosus, Kurz. P. angulatus, Rich. Cacara erosa, Kuntze). Yam Bean. Root tuberous: st. twining, shrubby, hirsute, becoming glabrate with age: lvs. pinnately 3-foliate, often long-petioled; stipules deltoid or ovate-lanceolate, short; terminal lft. long- pedicelled, broadly cuneate at base, deeply or shallowly lobed in the upper half; lateral lfts. oblique, short- pedicelled, stipels subulate: racemes 6-12 in. long, long- peduncled, base often branching branches ascending; calyx 1/4 in., as long as the pedicel; corolla reddish, 1 in. or more long: pod 6-9 in. long, 1/2- 2/3 in. broad, 8-12-seeded, straight glabrescent. Tropics of both hemispheres. H.I.19:1842.—Eaten both raw and boiled.
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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