Glycine Pea (Glycine tabacina)

Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Glycine tabacina is a PERENNIAL CLIMBER. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. It can fix Nitrogen. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour, it is chewed by the Australian Aborigines. — Root - raw or cooked.; Said to have a liquorice-like flavour, it is chewed by the Australian Aborigines.; Starchy but very fibrous and with no noticeable flavour.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)