- Family:
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus:
- Pueraria DC.
- Species:
- Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.
Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep

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- Conservation
- Vulnerable
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Climbing, Herb/Shrub
- Vernacular
- Aka, Japanese Arrowroot, Kopou-Bohne, Kudzu, Kudzu Bean, Kudzu Hemp, Kudzu Vine, Kudzu-Bohne, Opornik Latkowaty, Pueraria, Pueraria Lopastnaya, Pueraria Volosistaya, Tykly Pueraria
[ILDIS]
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- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial, Climbing, Herb/Shrub
Doubtfully present in:
Thailand, Vietnam
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Primorye, Solomon Is., Taiwan
Introduced into:
Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Bermuda, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Krym, Liberia, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South Carolina, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Virginia, Wallis-Futuna Is., Yugoslavia, Zaïre
- Dolichos hirsutus Thunb.
- Dolichos lobatus Willd.
- Dolichos stipulaceus Lam.
- Neustanthus chinensis Benth.
- Pachyrhizus thunbergianus Siebold & Zucc.
- Phaseolus aconitifolius Roxb.
- Phaseolus cornutus Blume ex Miq.
- Phaseolus ficifolius Schrank
- Phaseolus lobatus (Willd.) Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
- Phaseolus trilobus Aiton
- Pueraria argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Pueraria bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Pueraria caerulea H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Pueraria chinensis (Benth.) Ohwi
- Pueraria harmsii Rech.
- Pueraria hirsuta (Thunb.) Matsum.
- Pueraria koten H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi
- Pueraria montana var. chinensis (Ohwi) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep
- Pueraria novoguineensis Warb.
- Pueraria thunbergiana (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth.
- Pueraria triloba (Aiton) Makino
- Pueraria triloba var. leucostachya Honda
- Pueraria volkensii Hosok.
- Vigna lobata (Willd.) Endl. ex Miq.
- Vigna stipulacea (Lam.) Kuntze
Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588] | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121371 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588] | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121372 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588], India | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121384 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588], India | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121374 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588], India | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121380 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588] | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121370 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588] | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121378 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588] | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121373 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588] | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121379 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588] | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121382 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588], India | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121383 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588], Bangladesh | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121376 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588] | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121375 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5588] | Phaseolus trilobus | K001121377 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1985 | Cowley, E. [s.n.], Queensland | Pueraria lobata | K000883283 | isolectotype | Yes |
Jan 1, 1985 | Bailey, J.F. [s.n.], Queensland | Pueraria lobata | K000883282 | Yes | |
Harland, W.A. [818], Hong Kong | Pueraria lobata | K000883284 | Yes |
First published in M.Sanjappa, Legumes India: 288 (1992)
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