Tropical Kudzu
Pueraria phaseoloides
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur & more
- Flowering
- October-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pueraria phaseoloides
- Genus
- Pueraria
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Margins of cultivated lands
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- TrifoliaterecordedA compound leaf made of exactly three leaflets.“The leaves are large and trifoliate, typical for Leguminosae.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tropical Kudzu itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“The colour ranges from mauve to purple and the dimensions are small and occur in scattered pairs on a raceme.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“Each pod contains 10-20 seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tropical Kudzu itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- തോട്ടപ്പയർ
About Tropical Kudzu
Tropical kudzu (Pueraria phaseoloides) is a climber in the Fabaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and 4 other states. It grows in margins of cultivated lands. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Uses
In practice it is long used in traditional medicine, harvested for fodder and used to hold soil and restore degraded ground. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Fabaceae
Legume/Bean family
Tropical Kudzu belongs to the Fabaceae family.
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