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Pueraria montana var. lobata

(Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep (1992)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Pueraria

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Twining or sprawling herbs.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound. Alternate. Leaflets ovate, the terminal one usually 3–lobed, the lateral ones similarly 2(3)–lobed; Leaflets 8–20 cm long, 5–19 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Petiolate. Stipules present 2–2.5 cm long, produced above and below the point of insertion.

Flowers: Flowers in clusters, on axillary pseudoracemes 10–40 cm long with a thickened axis, bracts small caducous. Flowers papilionaceous. Corolla blue or purple to pink, standard with a yellow central patch, 15–25 mm long, keel darker in color, standard with inflexed auricles. Ovary superior, subsessile; ovules numerous; style terete (cylindrical), filiform; stigma capitate, terminal.

Fruit: Pods 4–13 cm long; 0.6–1.3 cm wide; dehiscent; villous; spirally curling valves. Seeds (5–)10–15; reddish brown with black mosaic; ovoid to ellipsoid; slightly laterally flattened; 4–5 mm long; ca. 4 mm wide; compressed; the hilum small; central.

Ploidy: 2n = 22; 24

Habitat: Low elevation disturbed areas.

Elevation Range: up to 700 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • on Hawai'i in 1915

Bibliography

Name Published In: M.Sanjappa, Legumes India: 288 (1992)

Occurrences

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