Fabaceae Apios americana Medik.
Groundnut
Meskwaki - Food, Vegetable
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 259
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Apios americana Medik.
Scientific name: Apios americana Medik.
USDA symbol: APAM (
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Common names: Groundnut
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Root stocks eaten raw.
RECRD: 1252 id: 3697