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Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.)Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Pueraria DC.

Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.)Benth. [Preferred name]
    Dolichos phaseoloides Roxb. {Synonym}
    Neustanthus phaseoloides Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Centro Grande Feuille [1941]; Kudzu [1915]; Puero [1915, 1941, 2264, 2266]; Tropical Kudzu [309, 1902, 1941, 2266]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (I) [309]; Cameroon (I) [309]; Ghana (I) [309]; Liberia (I) [309]; Nigeria (I) [309]; Sao Tome & Principe (I) [217]; Sierra Leone (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [210]; Togo (I) [23]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [309, 1914, 4002]; Bhutan (N) [309, 1947]; Brunei (N) [4002]; Burma (N) [4002]; Cambodia (I) [1942]; China (I) [1914, 1942, 3424, 4002]; Guangdong [3424]; Guangxi [3424]; Yunnan [3424]; Zhejiang [3424]; Hainan (N) [3424]; Hong Kong (N) [309]; India (N) [309, 1914, 1942, 3366, 4002]; Arunachal Pradesh [309]; Assam [309]; Bihar [1914]; Kerala [309]; Manipur [309]; Meghalaya [309]; Nagaland [309]; Sikkim [309]; Tamil Nadu [309]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [309]; West Bengal [309]; Indonesia (U) [261, 309, 1942, 3898, 4002]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Laos (I) [1942]; Malaysia (N) [309, 2111, 3991, 4002]; Moluccas (N) [4002]; Myanmar (N) [309, 1914, 1942]; Nepal (N) [309, 1914, 2898, 3369, 4002]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (I) [309, 1942, 4002]; Sabah (N) [4002]; Sarawak (N) [3991]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sri Lanka (N) [309, 3705, 4002]; Sulawesi (N) [4002]; Taiwan (N) [309, 4002]; Thailand (I) [1942, 4002]; Vietnam (I) [1942, 4002]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261, 309]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (I) [1056, 1290, 1430, 1431]
  Central America
Belize (I) [1242]; Nicaragua (I) [3348]; Panama (I) [1224]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [309, 1914, 3585]; Christmas I (I) [3920]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]; Seychelles (I) [1941]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (I) [2264]; Niue (N) [309, 2266]; Samoa-JML (N) [309]; Solomon Is (N) [261, 309]
  South America
Brazil (I) [1414]; Ecuador (I) [1229]; French Guiana (U) [2285]; Guyana (U) [2285]; Peru (I) [2090]; Surinam (U) [2285]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 309, 1915, 1941, 1942, 3348, 3424, 3705, 3898, 3920, 4002] ; Distribution Map [309, 4002] ; Illustration [210, 261, 309, 1915, 1942]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [1941] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3348] ; Habit: Herb [261], Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004

  
USES:
  Environmental [210, 261, 309, 1915, 2264]; Fibre [309, 3920]; Food and Drink [309, 3920]; Forage [261, 309, 1941]; Medicine [309, 3920]; Weed [3920]

  
NOTES:
  Widely cultivated and naturalised. [261]
  Var. subspicata (Benth.)Maesen occurs in India, Burma and Thailand. [3185]
  Native to Tropical Asia. [1915]

  
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