Summary
Verified:
04/21/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Allen, O. N. & E. K. Allen. The Leguminosae. A source book of characteristics, uses, and nodulation. 1981
- Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993
- Maesen, L. J. G. van der & S. M. Almeida. 1988. Two corrections to the nomenclature in revision of Pueraria DC. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 85:233.
- Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1985. Revision of the genus Pueraria DC. with some notes on Teyleria Backer (Leguminosae). Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85-1:53-58.
- Maesen, L. J. G. van der. 1994. Pueraria, the kudzu and its relatives: an update of the taxonomy. 66.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Common names
English
Taiwan kudzu – wild kudzu – Transcribed Chinese
shan ge teng –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | Hong Kong | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
| 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 | Philippines | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China, Hong Kong
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDO-CHINA:
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Philippines
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Medicines | folklore | | Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993 |
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=314965.
Accessed 27 December 2024.