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Pachyrhizus ahipa
Also called Andean Yam Bean
Ahipa, or Andean yam bean, is a tuberous Andean legume grown for its starchy root. It is a perennial that is usually grown as an annual crop, and it needs a long warm season to form good tubers.
Pachyrhizus ahipa, also called the ahipa or Andean yam bean, is a tuberous root-producing legume, which is distributed mainly in the Andean region.
The species is distributed mainly in the Andean region.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pachyrhizus ahipa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
