Fabaceae Apios americana Medik.

Groundnut

Meskwaki - Food, Winter Use Food

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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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: Winter Use Food
Notes: Root stocks peeled, parboiled, sliced and dried for winter use.

RECRD: 1253 id: 3698

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