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Pueraria tuberosa, DC. (Hedysarum tuberosum, Roxbg.). Root tuberous,
very large: st. shrubby: branches finely grayish pubescent: stipules
minute, deciduous, ovate- cordate: lfts. membranous, roundish, 6-12 in.
long, glabrescent above, below densely covered with a whitish appressed
pubescence: fls. in slender, dense, often pani- cled racemes 6-9 in.
long; pedicels very short, densely fascicled: calyx 1/6-1/4in. long,
densely silky; teeth rather obtuse, shorter than the tube; corolla
bluish, not twice as long as the calyx; limb of standard orbicular,
distinctly spurred: pod 2-3 in. long, membranous, flat, 3-6-seeded,
clothed with long, gray, silky bristly hairs. India. Wright, Icones,
412.—Intro, into U. S. in 1911. Suitable as an ornamental for the
southern parts of the United States. The root contains a sacharine
matter, an easily oxidizable resin; and a resin acid. It is also said
to be used as a food and in medicine in India. When cut, the root
exudes a bitter, acrid, opalescent gum.
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==Cultivation==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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{{Inc|
Pueraria tuberosa, DC. (Hedysarum tuberosum, Roxbg.). Root tuberous,
very large: st. shrubby: branches finely grayish pubescent: stipules
minute, deciduous, ovate- cordate: lfts. membranous, roundish, 6-12 in.
long, glabrescent above, below densely covered with a whitish appressed
pubescence: fls. in slender, dense, often pani- cled racemes 6-9 in.
long; pedicels very short, densely fascicled: calyx 1/6-1/4in. long,
densely silky; teeth rather obtuse, shorter than the tube; corolla
bluish, not twice as long as the calyx; limb of standard orbicular,
distinctly spurred: pod 2-3 in. long, membranous, flat, 3-6-seeded,
clothed with long, gray, silky bristly hairs. India. Wright, Icones,
412.—Intro, into U. S. in 1911. Suitable as an ornamental for the
southern parts of the United States. The root contains a sacharine
matter, an easily oxidizable resin; and a resin acid. It is also said
to be used as a food and in medicine in India. When cut, the root
exudes a bitter, acrid, opalescent gum.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
{{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery -->
<gallery>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
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