Potato Bean
Name
Potato Bean
Scientific name
Apios tuberosa
Type
herbarium sheet
Creator
Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation
Spatial Coverage
Canada
Walpole Island, Ontario
Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
1933-07-11
Description
Pressed specimen of Potato Bean (Apios tuberosa) collected along fences on east side of Sturgeon's house. There were several vines, some with five leaflets and some with seven. None were in flower. Collected 7/12/33. Sturgeon knew that they were formerly used for food, but knew nothing of the preparation (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes, Field no. 5).
Identifier
UMMAA 13969 (tubers)
Collector
Volney Jones
UM holding institution
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
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- Anishinaabe Plants UMMAA