Common name
English: Tropical Kudzu
Mandarin: 三裂叶野葛 (san lie ye ye ge)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2653)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2566)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2162)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Pueraria (4)
Epithet: phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth. (1)
Synonyms: Dolichos phaseoloides Roxb., Neustanthus phaseoloides Benth.
phaseoloides => resembling Phaseolus, the Latin name for bean, which means small boat in reference to the pods
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet, pink, white
External links
Check for Pueraria phaseoloides at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [345] Pueraria phaseoloides - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [655] Pueraria phaseoloides - Plants For A Future database
- [1559] Pueraria phaseoloides - Flora of China @ efloras.org