Fabaceae FAMILY

Pueraria peduncularis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

The roots have been used as a fish poison[ 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 ].

Botanical Description

Pueraria peduncularis is a climbing shrub producing twining stems up to 10mm in diameter from a tuberous rootstock. The stems can grow 5 - 10 metres long, scrambling over the ground, rooting at the nodes to form dense masses of growth, and also twining into the surrounding vegetation 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 an insecticide.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar

HabitatOpen or shady situations, on hill slopes or ravines, medium wet forest, near streams, waterfalls, and jungle edges or clearings, bamboo forests, hill tops, on well-drained or sandy soils, scree and rocks; at elevations from 1,700 - 3,600 metres[ 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 ]