EPPO Global Database

Pueraria montana(PUEMO)

Overview
Code created in: 2003-10-27

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PUEMO
  • Preferred name: Pueraria montana
  • Authority: (Loureiro) Merrill

Notes

Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Malaya, Java, Philippines), China (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea, New Guinea, Australia (Northern). Introduced in eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia (Tajikistan), Western Asia (Pakistan), Senegal to Ethiopia, Zaïre, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa (northern), USA (southeast), Central America, Caribbean (Dominican Republic), Panama, Argentina, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)  


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Dolichos montanus Loureiro
Glycine javanica Linnaeus
Pueraria lobata var. montana (Loureiro) Maesen
Pueraria montana var. montana (Loureiro) Merrill

Common names
Name Language
Rhodesian kudzu vine English
cincamas Portuguese
cudzu Portuguese
inhame-cot-da-China Portuguese
yuè nán gé téng Chinese
越南葛藤 Chinese