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Pueraria montana (Lour.)Merr.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Pueraria DC.

Pueraria montana (Lour.)Merr. [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Kudzu [261, 309, 1902]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Sierra Leone (I) [212]
  Asia
Bhutan (U) [309, 1947]; China (U) [261, 309, 1914]; Hong Kong (N) [309, 1914]; India (U) [261, 309, 1914, 3017, 3040, 3043, 3044, 3108, 3119, 3366, 3372, 3603]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Delhi [3372]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3603]; Maharashtra [3108]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3043]; Nagaland [3044]; Sikkim [3366]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [261, 3898]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Japan (I) [261, 309, 1930]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Korea (N) [1914]; Laos (I) [309]; Malaysia (N) [4002]; Myanmar (N) [309, 1914]; Pakistan (I) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [4002]; Philippines (N) [309, 4002]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2830]; Taiwan (N) [309, 1929, 2830]; Thailand (I) [309]; Vietnam (I) [309]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [1880]; New Caledonia (N) [1914]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (I) [1339]; Dominican Republic (I) [1339]
  Central America
Panama (I) [1224, 1243]
  North America
United States (I) [1326, 3157]; Alabama [3157]; Arkansas [3157]; Florida [3157]; Georgia [3157]; Kentucky [3157]; Louisiana [3157]; Maryland [3157]; Mississippi [3157]; North Carolina [3157]; Oklahoma [3157]; South Carolina [3157]; Tennessee [3157]; Texas [3157]; Virginia [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (N) [309]; Hawaii (I) [1949, 3185]; Niue (I) [2266]; Samoa-JML (N) [309]; Solomon Is (N) [261]; Tonga (N) [309]; Vanuatu (N) [1914]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 309, 1947, 2851, 4002] ; Distribution Map [309, 4002] ; Illustration [261, 309, 2851]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261], Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened [3581] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb [261], Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Annual [3581], Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2000-07 Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1919]; Environmental [309, 1919, 4002]; Fibre [309]; Food and Drink [261, 309]; Forage [309, 1919, 4002]; Medicine [309, 4002]; Weed [309]

  
NOTES:
  is very variable. Var. lobata is widely introduced in the tropics. [309]
  Widely cultivated and naturalised. [261]
  Tuber may be eaten by humans, mainly now in times of famine. [261]
  Species very variable. [4002]
  Pueraria montana (Lour.)Merr.: Synonym [03/23/04 21:51] [4002]
  Pueraria lobata (Willd.)Ohwi: Accepted [03/23/04 21:51] [261]

  
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