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

View all documented uses for Apios americana Medik.

---

Scientific name: Apios americana Medik.
USDA symbol: APAM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
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

---