Biology:Pueraria montana var. lobata

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Short description: Variety of legume

Pueraria montana var. lobata
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pueraria
Species:
P. montana
Variety:
P. m. var. lobata
Trinomial name
Pueraria montana var. lobata
(Willd.) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep
Synonyms[1]

Pueraria montana var. lobata, the East Asian arrowroot, or kudzu vine,[2] is a perennial plant in the family Fabaceae.

Names

It is called gé (葛) in Chinese, kuzu (クズ, 葛)[3] 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).[4]

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[5] (in Korea the root unprepared is also used).

The production of this powder in Japan was concentrated among the Kuzu (国栖) people who once lived along the Yoshino River in Nara Prefecture, which gave the plant its Japanese (and later loaned into English kudzu) name.[6]

  • East Asian arrowroot.

  • Arrowroot tea.

  • Kuzumochi made using kudzu powder.

References

  1. ↑ "Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:967441-1. 
  2. ↑ Korea National Arboretum (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants. Pocheon: Korea Forest Service. p. 596. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. Retrieved 23 February 2018. 
  3. ↑ Kaneda, Shodai (金田初代) (2010) (in ja). PHP Institute. p. 137. ISBN 978-4-569-79145-6. 
  4. ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?314966 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 23 February 2018 }}
  5. ↑ Chun, Hui-jung (2004). Yoon, Ho-mi. ed. Korean Food Guide 800. Seoul: The Korea Foundation. p. 208. ISBN 978-89-89782-10-0. https://issuu.com/the_korea_foundation/docs/korean_food_guide_800__english_/208. Retrieved 23 February 2018. 
  6. ↑ Toshiaki Ōshima (大嶋敏昭), ed (2002) (in ja). ポケット図鑑. Seibidōshuppan. p. 158. ISBN 4-415-01906-4. 

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