Fabaceae FAMILY

Pueraria edulis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pueraria edulis is a climbing perennial shrub with twining stems 3 - 9mm in diameter growing from a tuberous rootstock. The stems are usually 3 - 7 metres long, scrambling over the ground and climbing into nearby plants for support[ 1577 Title Revision of the Genus Pueraria DC., with some notes on Teyleria Backer Publication Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 85-1, 1985 Author Ven der Maesen L.J.G. Publisher Agricultural University,Wageningen,theNetherlands Year 1985 ISBN 90-6754-066-8 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Bhutan, northeastern India (Sikkim, Manipur)

HabitatForests; at elevations from 1,000 - 3,200 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Climbing over dwarf bushes or oak trees, on hill slopes, in forests, near streams, on schistaceous, sandy, and rocky soils[ 1577 Title Revision of the Genus Pueraria DC., with some notes on Teyleria Backer Publication Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 85-1, 1985 Author Ven der Maesen L.J.G. Publisher Agricultural University,Wageningen,theNetherlands Year 1985 ISBN 90-6754-066-8 Description ].