American Hog-Peanut
Find:part shade, shade; moist woods, thickets
Description:Tendrils are absent; the stem twines in a left to right orientation. Stems have either appressed white hair or spreading light brown hair.are alternate, on long stalks and divided into 3 leaflets, each of which is ovate with smooth margins. Each side leaflet has a short stalk; the terminal leaflet, with a much longer stalk, is also the largest leaflet. At the base of the main leaf stalk is a pair of small grooved stipules. Upper leaflet surface is green to dark green, the underside lighter with fine hair.is a cluster rising from the leaf axils, consisting of up to 15 5-parted tubular flowers of the pea type. The cluster elongates as the first flowers start to open.Flowers are of two types,Those that form an open flower on the upper stem are called "chasmogamous" and those that never open at ground level are called "cleistogamous."
Edible parts and uses:These underground fruits are edible and can be eaten raw or boiled to remove the hulls and the seed eaten like a nut.
Precautions:no side effects.
