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Pueraria

Pueraria is a genus of 15–20 species of plants native to Asia. Pueraria flower is used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce reactions to alcohol consumption, and is undergoing scientific study for that use. Pueraria thomsonii has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of fever, acute dysentery, diarrhea, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

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speciesPueraria montana

Pueraria tuberosa

speciesPueraria tuberosa

Pueraria alopecuroides

speciesPueraria alopecuroides

Pueraria candollei

speciesPueraria candollei

Pueraria edulis

speciesPueraria edulis

Pueraria peduncularis

speciesPueraria peduncularis

Pueraria bouffordii

speciesPueraria bouffordii

Pueraria omeiensis

speciesPueraria omeiensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62669.