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kudzu
Pueraria montana
Pueraria montana is a species of plant in the botanical family Fabaceae. At least three sub-species (alternatively called varieties) are known. It is closely related to other species in the genus Pueraria (P. edulis and P. phaseoloides) and the common name kudzu is used for all of these species and hybrids between them. The morphological differences between them are subtle, they can breed with each other, and it appears that introduced kudzu populations in the United...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.56
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.25
Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 96)
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.36
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 22)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.104
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 21)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.61
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 31)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.27
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.752
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.777
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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 62671.