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Internal ID UUID643fd958a609a997826009
Scientific name Pueraria montana
Authority (Lour.) Merr.
First published in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 24(2): 10, 210 (1935)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Pueraria lobata var. montana (Lour.) Maesen Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap.85(1): 53 (1985)
Dolichos montanus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 439 (1790)
Dolichos montana Lour.
Pueraria omeiensis T.Tang & Wang
Glycine moniliforme Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 211. 1847 [22 May 1847]

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Language Common/alternative name
English kudzu
Arabic كشت جبلي
Arabic كودزو
Estonian hõlmine pueraaria
Persian پیورریا مونتانا
Hungarian kudzu nyílgyökér
Japanese クズ
Japanese 葛根
Japanese カッコン
Japanese タイワンクズ
Korean
Polish opornik łatkowaty
Swedish kudzuböna
Ukrainian Пуэрария лопастная
Chinese
Chinese 野葛
Chinese 葛根
Chinese 葛藤
Chinese 葛麻姆
Chinese 山葛
Chinese 南葛藤

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Name Authority First published in
Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep M.Sanjappa, Legumes India: 288 (1992)
Pueraria montana var. montana (Lour.) Merr. Unknown
Pueraria montana var. thomsonii (Benth.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra2: 122 (1998)

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Mozambique
    • Southern Africa
      • Northern Provinces
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
      • Tibet
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Ogasawara-Shoto
      • Taiwan
    • Middle Asia
      • Tadzhikistan
    • Russian Far East
      • Primorye
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
      • Malaya
      • Maluku
      • Philippines
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Norfolk Island
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Krym
      • Ukraine
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Yugoslavia
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Nova Scotia
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Kansas
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Pennsylvania
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
    • South-central Pacific
      • Society Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • Gilbert Islands
      • New Caledonia
      • Niue
      • Samoa
      • Tonga
      • Vanuatu
      • Wallis-Futuna Islands
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Bermuda
      • Dominican Republic
    • Central America
      • Honduras
      • Panamá
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000185101
Canadensys 5894
USDA Plants PUMO
Tropicos 13060017
INPN 532917
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:516708-1
The Plant List ild-31247
Plantarium 30855
Open Tree Of Life 273743
Observations.org 402218
NCBI Taxonomy 132459
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0021177446
Nature Serve 2.135319
IPNI 516708-1
iNaturalist 62671
GBIF 2977636
Freebase /m/07k867p
EPPO PUEMO
EOL 647283
Elurikkus 229467
USDA GRIN 30355
Wikipedia Pueraria_montana

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_026413185.1 ASM2641318v1 Chromosome Wuhan Polytechnic University 2022-11-27 91.18 895.70 Mb

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Active metabolites combination therapies: towards the next paradigm for more efficient and more scientific Chinese medicine Gao Q, Wu H, Chen M, Gu X, Wu Q, Xie T, Sui X Front Pharmacol 18-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11063311
doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1392196
PMID:38698817
Effects of Invasive Alien Plant Species on Native Plant Diversity and Crop Yield Najberek K, Tokarska-Guzik B, Chmura D, Solarz W Plants (Basel) 20-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10975638
doi:10.3390/plants13060888
PMID:38592898
Local knowledge of homegarden plants in Miao ethnic communities in Laershan region, Xiangxi area, China Luo J, Li Q, He J, Yan J, Zhang S, Chang X, Wu T J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 18-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10946099
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00676-x
PMID:38500123
Assessing Alien Plant Invasions in Urban Environments: A Case Study of Tshwane University of Technology and Implications for Biodiversity Conservation Nelufule T, Shivambu TC, Shivambu N, Moshobane MC, Seoraj-Pillai N, Nangammbi T Plants (Basel) 18-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10975853
doi:10.3390/plants13060872
PMID:38592858
Chinese herbal medicine decreases incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in diabetes mellitus patients with regular insulin management Lai HC, Cheng JC, Yip HT, Jeng LB, Huang ST World J Gastrointest Oncol 15-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10989382
doi:10.4251/wjgo.v16.i3.716
PMID:38577471
A multi-center cross-sectional study of Chinese Herbal Medicine-Drug adverse reactions using active surveillance in Singapore’s Traditional Chinese Medicine clinics Ng CY, Zhao Y, Wang N, Chia KL, Teo CH, Peh W, Yeo P, Zhong LL Chin Med 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10918936
doi:10.1186/s13020-024-00915-z
PMID:38454483
Hyperuricemia research progress in model construction and traditional Chinese medicine interventions Zhou H, Yang J, Yuan X, Song X, Zhang X, Cao T, Zhang J Front Pharmacol 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10955118
doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1294755
PMID:38515855
Mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in elderly diabetes mellitus and a systematic review of its clinical application Zhang Q, Hu S, Jin Z, Wang S, Zhang B, Zhao L Front Pharmacol 06-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10953506
doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1339148
PMID:38510656
The recent advance and prospect of natural source compounds for the treatment of heart failure Chen XJ, Liu SY, Li SM, Feng JK, Hu Y, Cheng XZ, Hou CZ, Xu Y, Hu M, Feng L, Xiao L Heliyon 25-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10912389
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27110
PMID:38444481
Integrating artificial intelligence into the modernization of traditional Chinese medicine industry: a review Zhou E, Shen Q, Hou Y Front Pharmacol 23-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10921893
doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1181183
PMID:38464717
Isolation and identification of allelochemicals and their activities and functions Kato-Noguchi H J Pestic Sci 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10912975
doi:10.1584/jpestics.D23-052
PMID:38450087
Effects of plant natural products on metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and the underlying mechanisms: a narrative review with a focus on the modulation of the gut microbiota Cai T, Song X, Xu X, Dong L, Liang S, Xin M, Huang Y, Zhu L, Li T, Wang X, Fang Y, Xu Z, Wang C, Wang M, Li J, Zheng Y, Sun W, Li L Front Cell Infect Microbiol 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10912229
doi:10.3389/fcimb.2024.1323261
PMID:38444539
Phytochemicals and Their Usefulness in the Maintenance of Health Rodríguez-Negrete EV, Morales-González Á, Madrigal-Santillán EO, Sánchez-Reyes K, Álvarez-González I, Madrigal-Bujaidar E, Valadez-Vega C, Chamorro-Cevallos G, Garcia-Melo LF, Morales-González JA Plants (Basel) 15-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10892216
doi:10.3390/plants13040523
PMID:38498532
Ethnobotanical study on ritual plants used by Hani people in Yunnan, China Ma X, Luo D, Xiong Y, Huang C, Li G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 13-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10865556
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00659-y
PMID:38350958
Feeding Postures and Substrate Use of François’ Langurs (Trachypithecus francoisi) in the Limestone Forest of Southwest China Lu S, Lin N, Huang A, Tong D, Liang Y, Li Y, Lu C Animals (Basel) 08-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10886065
doi:10.3390/ani14040565
PMID:38396533

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