Ahipa (Pachyrhizus ahipa)

Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Pachyrhizus ahipa is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.5 m (1ft 8in). It is frost tender. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. It can fix Nitrogen. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Root - raw or cooked. Thirst quenching and nutritious with an easily digested starch. The root is slow to discolour and remains crisp after slicing so it is often used in green and in fruit salads. — Root - raw or cooked.; Thirst quenching and nutritious with an easily digested starch.; The root is slow to discolour and remains crisp after slicing so it is often used in green and in fruit salads.; Young seed pods - cooked and used like French beans.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in a truly wild situation. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)