Fabaceae FAMILY

Apios fortunei

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Apios fortunei is a herbaceous, perennial, climbing plant producing slender stems up to 2 metres long from a tuberous rootstock. The stems scramble over the ground, twining into the surrounding vegetation for support[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - central and southern China, Japan.

HabitatWoods and thickets; at elevations from 600 - 1,000 metres in W. China[ 109 Title Plantae Wilsonae. Vol 1 - 3 Publication Author Wilson. E. H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher University Press; Cambridge. Year 1911 - 1917 ISBN Description Details of the palnts collected by the plant collector E. H. Wilson on his travels in China. Gives some habitats. Not for the casual reader. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. Sunny thickets and forest borders in Japan[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. ].