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Apios carnea

Apios carnea
Photo: Curtis, Charles M.; Drake, S. A.; Gorachaud.; Treuttel and Würtz.; Vishnupersaud.; Wallich, N., Public domain
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Climber
Native range
Himalaya to China and Indo-China
Climate
temperate

About

Apios carnea is a vine in the Fabaceae family found in Asia in a narrow band from the Himalayas of Nepal across Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Laos, and Vietnam. Petioles are 5–8 cm long; compound leave typically have 5 leaflets. The flowers are found in long peduncled flexuous secund racemes 15–23 cm long. The reddish, flesh-colored flowers are showy and have potential as an ornamental. Pods are 10–13 cm long and contain 12 to 16 seeds.

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Groundnut · Apios fortunei · Traveler's delight · Groundnut

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Apios carnea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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