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Taxon:
Pueraria montana
(Lour.) Merr. var.
thomsonii
(Benth.) M. R. Almeida
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Pueraria
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Glycininae
Nomen number:
414978
Place of publication:
Fl. Maharashtra 2:122. 1998 (D. B. Ward, Phytologia 84:386. 1999 ("1998"))
Verified:
10/05/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Pueraria montana
(Lour.) Merr.
(0 active accession[s])
Pueraria montana
(Lour.) Merr. var.
lobata
(Willd.) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep
(0 active accession[s])
Pueraria montana
(Lour.) Merr. var.
montana
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Pueraria thomsonii
Benth.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pueraria lobata
(Willd.) Ohwi var.
thomsonii
(Benth.) Maesen
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pueraria montana
(Lour.) Merr. var.
chinensis
auct.
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Reference(s)
American Herbal Products Association.
1992. Herbs of commerce
Note:
=
Pueraria montana
var.
chinensis
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Note:
=
Pueraria thomsonii
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
Transcribed Chinese
fen ge –
Reference(s)
gan ge –
Reference(s)
gan ge teng –
Reference(s)
mealy kudzu –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
n.e.
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
(n.e.)
INDO-CHINA:
Laos
,
Myanmar
MALESIA:
Philippines
Naturalized
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
starch
as
Pueraria thomsonii
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Human food
vegetable
as
Pueraria thomsonii
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines
folklore
as
Pueraria montana
var.
chinensis
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025
. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL:
https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=414978
. Accessed
4 May 2025
.
Name
References