Apios

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Read about Apios in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Apios (pear, from the Greek, alluding to the shape of the tubers). Leguminosae. Hardy twining herbs, with tuber-bearing roots, infrequently planted. Leaves pinnate, of 3-9 mostly ovate-lanceolate scarcely stipellate lfts.: fls. in dense, short racemes, papilionaceous, the standard broad and reflexed, keel incurved and coiled; stamens 9 and 1: pod linear and flat, several-seeded.—Two species in E. N. Amer , and 3 others in Asia. A. Fórtunei, Maxim., is occasionally cult. in Japan for its small, ovate, edible tubers. A.G. 13:77.—A. Priceàna, Rob., native to Kentucky, may be expected to appear in the trade: root a single large tuber, becoming 6-7 in. diam. : fls. pale rose-color: a vigorous climber, first described in 1898 (Bot. Gaz. 25:451, with illus.). The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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