Summary
Place of publication:
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 24(2):210. 1935
Verified:
04/21/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
kudzu –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Russian Far East | Russian Federation | Primorye | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bhutan | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Laos | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Philippines | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Solomon Islands | | |
| 1 | Native | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Vanuatu | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Mpumalanga | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Georgia | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Tajikistan | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Europe | East Europe | Ukraine | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | American Samoa | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Niue | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Samoa | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Tonga | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Panama | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan, Taiwan
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RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation [Primorye]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
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INDO-CHINA:
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Pacific
-
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa [Mpumalanga]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sierra Leone
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Azerbaijan, Georgia
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Tajikistan
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Queensland]
Europe
Northern America
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
American Samoa, Fiji, Niue, Tonga, Samoa
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
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MESOAMERICA:
Panama
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | erosion control | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
| Medicines | folklore | | Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 12(1):417. |
| Weed | | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=30355.
Accessed 27 December 2024.