Use and nutritive value of talet beans, Amphicarpaea bracteata (Fabaceae: Phaseoleae) as human food in Puebla, Mexico

Economic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-434

  Peña, Francisco Basurto ^a   Villalobos, Genoveva ^b   Martínez, Miguel A ^a   Sotelo, Angela ^a   Gil, Leticia ^a   Delgado Salinas, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amphicarpaea; Human food; Mexico; Puebla; Talet beans

Indexed keywords

AMPHICARPAEA; AMPHICARPAEA BRACTEATA; ANIMALIA; BRACTEATA; FABACEAE; PHASEOLEAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0343775770     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02866722     Document Type: Article

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