Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 4(2):281. 1827
Verified:
10/28/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
potato-bean – yam-bean – French
pois patate – German
Knollenbohne – Portuguese (Brazil)
feijão-jacatupé – Spanish
ahipa – jícama – Spanish (Peru)
ajipa –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Southern America | | South America | | |
Native
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador
Cultivated
Southern America
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Human food | starch | | Sørensen, M. 1990. Observations on distribution, ecology and cultivation of the tuber-bearing legume genus Pachyrhizus Rich. ex DC. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 90-3:7. |
| Human food | vegetable | | Sørensen, M. 1990. Observations on distribution, ecology and cultivation of the tuber-bearing legume genus Pachyrhizus Rich. ex DC. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 90-3:7. |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=26290.
Accessed 1 May 2026.