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*Accepted name : ''[[Apios americana]]'' | *Accepted name : ''[[Apios americana]]'' | ||
''Leguminosae''. GROUNDNUT. WILD BEAN. Northeast America. The tubers are used as food. Kalm <ref>Kalm, P. ''Trav. No. Amer.'' 1: 400. 1772.</ref> says this is the kopniss of the Indians on the Delaware, who ate the roots; that the Swedes ate them for want of bread, and that in 1749 some of the English ate them instead of potatoes. Winslow says that the Pilgrims, during their first winter, "were enforced to live on ground nuts." At Port Royal, in 1613, Biencourt and his followers used to scatter about the woods and shores digging ground nuts. In France, the plant is grown in the flower garden. | ''Leguminosae''. GROUNDNUT. WILD BEAN. Northeast America. The tubers are used as food. Kalm <ref>Kalm, P. ''Trav. No. Amer.'' 1: 400. 1772.</ref> says this is the kopniss of the Indians on the Delaware, who ate the roots; that the Swedes ate them for want of bread, and that in 1749 some of the English ate them instead of potatoes. Winslow <ref>Young, A. ''Chron. Pilgr.'' 329. 1841.</ref> says that the Pilgrims, during their first winter, "were enforced to live on ground nuts." At Port Royal, in 1613, Biencourt <ref>Parkman, F. ''Pion. France'' 301. 1894.</ref> and his followers used to scatter about the woods and shores digging ground nuts. In France, the plant is grown in the flower garden <ref>Vilmorin ''Fl. Pl. Ter.'' 105. 1870. 3rd Ed.</ref>. | ||
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Revision as of 15:13, 6 October 2025
Apios (Sturtevant, 1919) |
Apios tuberosa Moench.
- Accepted name : Apios americana
Leguminosae. GROUNDNUT. WILD BEAN. Northeast America. The tubers are used as food. Kalm [1] says this is the kopniss of the Indians on the Delaware, who ate the roots; that the Swedes ate them for want of bread, and that in 1749 some of the English ate them instead of potatoes. Winslow [2] says that the Pilgrims, during their first winter, "were enforced to live on ground nuts." At Port Royal, in 1613, Biencourt [3] and his followers used to scatter about the woods and shores digging ground nuts. In France, the plant is grown in the flower garden [4].