Pueraria montana var. lobata facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Pueraria montana var. lobata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Pueraria
Species:	P. montana
Varietas:	P. m. var. lobata
Trinomial name
Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep
Synonyms
List 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.) C.K.Schneid. 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, the East Asian arrowroot, or kudzu vine, is a perennial plant in the family Fabaceae.

Names

It is called gé (葛) in Chinese, kuzu (葛) in Japanese, and chik (칡) or gal (갈; 葛) in Korean.

Distribution

The plant is native to East Asia (China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea), the Russian Far East, Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam), and the Pacific (New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu).

Use

The starch powder made from the East Asian arrowroot is called kudzu powder. Kudzu powder is used to make arrowroot tea in traditional medicines of China, Japan and Korea (in Korea the root unprepared is also used).

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  East Asian arrowroot.

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  Arrowroot tea.

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  Kuzumochi made using kudzu powder.

See also

In Spanish: Pueraria lobata para niños