Apios americana - Revision history

Raffi at 18:37, 19 January 2010

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Murali.lalitha at 11:28, 18 January 2010

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Envoy at 16:01, 14 September 2007

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| 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 '''hog peanut''', '''potato bean''', 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]

{{vegetable-stub}}

[[Category:Edible legumes]]
[[Category:Faboideae]]
[[Category:Flora of North America]]
[[Category:Root vegetables]]
[[Category:Underutilized crops]]

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-|genus=Apios
+|familia=Fabaceae
 |species=americana
 |Temp Metric=°F
 |jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
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+|image=Apios_americana.jpg
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 {{Inc|
-Apios tuberosa, Moench. Groundnut. Wild Bean. Fig. 233. Four to 8 ft., climbing over bushes: root bearing strings of edible tubers, 1-2 in. long: lfts. 5-7, ovate-lanceolate: fls fragrant, chocolate-brown, the standard very broad and turned back, the keel long, incurved and scythe-shaped. July, Aug.—Common in low grounds and swamps. The fr. often fails to mature. Prop, by the tubers. 2-4 of which should be planted together at a depth of 3-4 in.; also, by seeds. Grows well in the wild border, in any loose, rich soil. Under these conditions, the plant covers a trellis or other support in a comparatively short time. Dry tubers offered by seedsmen are likely to start slowly. The brown of the fls. is a very unusual color in hardy herbs. Likely to become a weed in rockeries and wild gardens.
+Apios tuberosa, Moench. Groundnut. Wild Bean. Four to 8 ft., climbing over bushes: root bearing strings of edible tubers, 1-2 in. long: lfts. 5-7, ovate-lanceolate: fls fragrant, chocolate-brown, the standard very broad and turned back, the keel long, incurved and scythe-shaped. July, Aug.—Common in low grounds and swamps. The fr. often fails to mature. Prop, by the tubers. 2-4 of which should be planted together at a depth of 3-4 in.; also, by seeds. Grows well in the wild border, in any loose, rich soil. Under these conditions, the plant covers a trellis or other support in a comparatively short time. Dry tubers offered by seedsmen are likely to start slowly. The brown of the fls. is a very unusual color in hardy herbs. Likely to become a weed in rockeries and wild gardens.
 }}
-{{Taxobox
+==Cultivation==
-| color = lightgreen
-| name = ''Apios americana''
-| image = Apios_americana.jpg
+===Propagation===
-| image_width = 240px
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
-| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
+===Pests and diseases===
-| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
-| ordo = [[Fabales]]
-| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
+==Varieties==
-| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
-'''''Apios americana''''', sometimes called the '''hog peanut''', '''potato bean''', 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.
+==Gallery==
-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]].
+<gallery perrow=5>
-== External links ==
+==References==
-* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/V1-436.html Domestication of ''Apios americana'']
+<references/>
-* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Apios+americana&CAN=COMIND Plants for a future database]
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
-* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=APAM ''Apios americana'' at the USDA Plants database]
+<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
-{{vegetable-stub}}
+==External links==
-[[Category:Edible legumes]]
+{{stub}}
-[[Category:Faboideae]]
+__NOTOC__

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		+	Apios tuberosa, Moench. Groundnut. Wild Bean. Fig. 233. Four to 8 ft., climbing over bushes: root bearing strings of edible tubers, 1-2 in. long: lfts. 5-7, ovate-lanceolate: fls fragrant, chocolate-brown, the standard very broad and turned back, the keel long, incurved and scythe-shaped. July, Aug.—Common in low grounds and swamps. The fr. often fails to mature. Prop, by the tubers. 2-4 of which should be planted together at a depth of 3-4 in.; also, by seeds. Grows well in the wild border, in any loose, rich soil. Under these conditions, the plant covers a trellis or other support in a comparatively short time. Dry tubers offered by seedsmen are likely to start slowly. The brown of the fls. is a very unusual color in hardy herbs. Likely to become a weed in rockeries and wild gardens.
		+	}}
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