Pueraria tuberosa

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Pueraria tuberosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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