Groundnut
Common Name | Groundnut |
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Scientific Name | Apios americana |
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Evergreen | |
Comments | unusual brownish flowers are in rounded clusters; popular food of Native Americans and early settlers; both the tubers and the beans can be eaten (tubers are best if boiled before eating; very high in protein) |