As recorded for Tropical Kudzu
Pueraria phaseoloides
Tropical Kudzu തോട്ടപ്പയർ
Malayalam name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur & more
- Flowering
- October-March
Tropical Kudzu in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Malayalam | തോട്ടപ്പയർ | Not recorded |
See the original recorded names
- Malayalam
- തോട്ടപ്പയർ
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., Assam, India, Nicobar Is. Kew dataset ↗
Kew WCVP dataset; listed synonym of Neustanthus phaseoloides. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia.
- Recorded habitat
- Margins of cultivated lands
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- Arunachal Pradesh →Himachal Pradesh →Manipur →
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How to identify Tropical Kudzu
Identify Tropical Kudzu by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Trifoliate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and nearby regions.
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
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
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tropical Kudzu itself; the rest are typical of the Fabaceae family — flowering plants only.
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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