Fabaceae
Groundnut
Apios americana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Apios
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Common names
By language (8)
- arz
- ابيوس امريكانا
- Chinese
- 北美土圞儿, 美国土圞儿
- Czech
- Hlízola nachová
- English
- Groundnut, America-hodoimo, American groundnut, Cinnamon vine, Hodoimo, Hopniss, Indian potato, Potato bean
- Japanese
- アメリカホドイモ
- Korean
- 아피오스
- Spanish
- Papa de la India, A. americana, Hopniss, Legumbre papa
- Swahili
- Mharagwe-viazi
Synonyms
- Apios americana f. americana
- Apios americana f. cleistogama Fernald
- Apios americana f. keihneri Oswald
- Apios americana f. mcculloughii Oswald
- Apios americana f. pilosa Steyerm.
- Apios americana var. americana
- Apios americana var. turrigera Fernald
- Apios apios (L.) MacMill.
- Apios apios var. boulderensis Daniels
- Apios perennis Vahl ex Hornem.
- Apios tuberosa Moench
- Glycine apios L.
- Glycine tuberosa Salisb.
- Gonancylis thyrsoidea Raf.
- Phaseolus tuberosus Eaton & Wright
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Bob Richmond from Knoxville TN, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.