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Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.)DC.

HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Pueraria DC.

Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.)DC. [Preferred name]
Hedysarum tuberosum Willd. {Synonym}

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Bankumra [3030]; Bharda [3030]; Bilaikand [3030, 3035]; Ghora Bel [3028]; Indian Kudzu [309, 3030]; Sural [3030]; Tirra [3030]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Asia: India (N) [309, 3092, 3366, 3373, 3701]; Andhra Pradesh [309]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [309]; Bihar [309]; Goa [3701]; Gujarat [309]; Haryana [3373]; Himachal Pradesh [309]; Jammu-Kashmir [309]; Karnataka [309]; Kerala [309]; Madhaya Pradesh [309]; Maharashtra [309]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [309]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [309]; Punjab [309]; Rajasthan [309]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [309]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [309]; West Bengal [309]; Nepal (N) [309, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [309, 1938]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [309, 1938, 3035, 3386] ; Distribution Map [309] ; Illustration [309, 3386]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened [3581] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1993 Newell CA ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

USES:
	Chemical products [309, 3035, 3701]; Environmental [309]; Food and Drink [309, 3030, 3034, 3035]; Forage [309, 3030, 3701]; Medicine [309, 3026, 3030, 3034]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

309.		Van der Maesen, L.J.G., 1985
		Agric.Univ.Wageningen Papers 85-1:1-132.Rev.of Pueraria

1938.		Ali, S.I., 1977
		Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

1954.		Van der Maesen, L.J.G., 1985
		Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 85-1: 1-132.

3026.		Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
		The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)

3028.		Shetty, B.V. & Singh, V., 1987
		Flora of Rajasthan Vol.1. Flora of India Series 2

3030.		Ambasta, S.P., 1986
		The useful plants of India

3034.		Jain, S.K., 1991
		Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany

3035.		Kanjilal, P.C., 1966
		A forest ... Uttar Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3092.		Deb, D.B., 1981
		The Flora of Tripura State Vol 1

3366.		Sanjappa, M., 2000
		Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.		Shrestha, K.K., 1998
		Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3373.		Kumar, S., 2000
		..Leguminosae of Haryana. Indian J. Forest. Addit Ser. 11

3386.		Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
		Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3581.		Kumar, S.& Sane PV, 2003
		Legumes of South Asia: a check-list. RBG Kew.

3701.		Naithani, H.B. et al., 1997
		Forest flora of Goa. Dehra Dun.