Pueraria
Overview
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
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The genus is polyphyletic, with different species being related to species in Glycine
Glycine (plant)
Glycine is a genus in the bean family Fabaceae. The best known species is the soybean . While the majority of the species are found only in Australia, the soybean's native range is in East Asia. A few species extend from Australia to East Asia Glycine is a genus in the bean family Fabaceae. The...
(which includes soybean
Soybean
The soybean or soya bean is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean which has numerous uses...
), Amphicarpaea
Amphicarpaea
Amphicarpaea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae.Species include:*A. bracteata - Eastern North America*A. edgeworthii Benth. - range includes Japan...
, Nogra
Nogra
Nogra is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
, Teyleria
Teyleria
Teyleria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
, Neonotonia
Neonotonia
Neonotonia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
, Pseudovigna
Pseudovigna
Pseudovigna is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
, Pseudeminia
Pseudeminia
Pseudeminia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. It comes from 4 species in tropical Africa....
, Pachyrhizus
Pachyrhizus
Pachyrhizus is a small genus of five or six species of tropical and subtropical plants growing from large, often edible taproots.- Jícama :...
(which includes Jícama
Jícama
Pachyrhizus erosus, commonly known as Jícama , Yam, and Mexican Turnip, is the name of a native Mexican vine, although the name most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root. Jícama is one species in the genus Pachyrhizus. Plants in this genus are commonly referred to as yam bean,...
), and other genera of the tribe Phaseoleae
Phaseoleae
The plant tribe Phaseoleae is one of the subdivisions of the legume subfamily Faboideae. This group includes many of the beans cultivated for human and animal food, most importantly from the genera Phaseolus and Vigna....
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The following five species are closely related and the name kudzu
Kudzu
Kudzu is a plant in the genus Pueraria in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is a climbing, coiling, and trailing vine native to southern Japan and southeast China. Its name comes from the Japanese name for the plant, . It is a weed that climbs over trees or shrubs and grows so...
describes one or more of them.
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