Pueraria

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Scientific Names

Read about Pueraria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pueraria (M. N. Puerari, botanist of Geneva). Leguminosae. Twining herbs or shrubs, often climbing; grown for ornament. Closely allied to Dolichos and Phaseolus, but differing among other things in the beardless style, tumid nodes of the racemes and monadelphous stamens: lvs. 3-foliolate and stipellate, the lfts. sometimes lobed: fls. often large, pea-shaped, in long and dense, often compound, racemes; standard usually spurred at the base, about equaling the wings and keel: pod flattish, linear, many-seeded.—Eleven species, Asian and Milanesian. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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