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Apios fortunei

Perennial

HomePerennialApios fortunei

Woods and thickets, 600 – 1000 metres in W. China.

Family: Fabaceae
Height: 0 m / 0 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 5 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 1 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

Hodo, Hodoimo Apios fortunei native habitat is Woods and thickets, 600 - 1000 metres in W. China.

Edible Uses

Tuber - raw or cooked. It has a delicious flavour somewhat like sweet potatoes when roasted. The tuber can also be dried and ground into a powder. The tuber contains about 4.2% protein, 0.2% fat, 18.3% starch, 6% other carbohydrate, 1.3% ash.

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