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Wednesday - September 28, 2011
From: Beaumont, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Edible Plants
Title: Are the seeds of Amberique bean edible in Beaumont, TX
Answered by: Jimmy Mills
QUESTION:
I found one of these growing in my yard. Strophostyles helvola (L.) Elliott Amberique-bean, Trailing fuzzybean. Are the bean pods edible? I read somewhere that they are. Thanks.ANSWER:
Mr. Smarty Plants was able to find three sources that indicate the seeds are edible, and that the roots were also used by Native Americans for food.
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