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| July 2008 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
| Family | Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) |
| Subfamily | Faboideae |
| Tribe | Phaseoleae |
| Scientific name | Apios americana Medikus |
| Synonyms | Apios americana Medikus forma cleistogama Fernald; Apios americana Medikus forma mcculloughii Oswald; Apios americana Medikus forma keihneri Oswald; Apios americana Medikus forma pilosa Steyermark; Apios americana Medikus var. turrigera Fernald; Apios apios (L.) MacMillan; Apios apios (L.) MacMillan var. boulderensis Daniels; Apios perennis Vahl ex Hornemann; Apios tuberosa Moench; Glycine apios L.; Gonancylis thyrsoidea Rafinesque |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) america hodo-imo (アメリカホドイモ, 亜米利加塊芋 [meaning: American lump potato]) |
| (English common name) American potato-bean, ground-bean, groundnut, wild bean | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu |
| (Other nations) [native] Canada, USA | |
| Habitat | Field |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=22, 33 |
| Description | Plants ca. 1-3m long. Leaves 5-7 pinnate. Flowers purple corollas 10-13mm long, flowering in June to August. Vine. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Apios americana Medik. |
| Apios americana Medik. | |
| Process of making a baby food containing light fleshed vegetables and product thereof (US Patent 5837309/1998) | |
| Baby food compositions comprising light fleshed vegetables, and related methods (US Patent 5955138/1999) | |
| Quinazoline derivatives (US Patent 7294629/2007) | |
| A method for optimising gene expression using synonumous codon optimisation (WIPO Patent WO/2004/042059) | |
| Composition of nut and food component and methods of using and making them (WIPO Patent WO/2007/137198) | |
| Plant compositions enriched in Dehydrosoyasaponin I (D-I) and methods of producing such compositions (WIPO Patent WO/2008/083461) | |
| Process for producing plant extract containing plant powder (European Patent EP1407679/2005) | |
| Agent for hair growth (European Patent EP1915997/2008) | |
| Note | Naturalized plants. |
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| July 2008 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
July 2008 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden |
