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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

kudzu

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Twining or sprawling herbs.

Stems: Stems somewhat woody, appressed pubescent, tubers fusiform, 60–90 cm long.

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. Surfaces pubescent. Leaflet margins entire to shallowly lobed. 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. Calyx 5-lobed, with long, conspicuously imbricate lobes. Corolla blue or purple to pink, standard with a yellow central patch, 15–25 mm long, keel darker in color, standard with inflexed auricles. Stamens 10; upper stamen connate at least at the middle to the other 9, which are connate into a tube. 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

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Birds

Vegetative Reproduction

Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Olivia Kraus
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • on Hawai'i in 1915
  • up tp 700 m

Bibliography

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

Other References

As Pueraria montana var. lobata: Wagner et al. 1990:695 (O, M, H [as Pueraria lobata var. lobata]); Herbst & Wagner 1999:21 (COMBNOV:Syn. P. lobata var. lobata); Frohlich & Lau 2012:39 (K). As Pueraria montana var. chinensis: Wagner et al. 1990:695 (K [as Pueraria lobata var. thomsoni]); Staples et al. 2002:11 (NOM:Syn. P. lobata var. thomsoni)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep east maui, hana district, hana forest reserve, hana ranch lands, mauka of keakaamanu PRESERVED_SPECIMEN imada, c.t. legrande, m.; jansen, s.; crummer, j. collector number: 2002-81 Maui BISH 11/11/2002
2 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep Pauoa, along Booth Road Sprawling in weedy shrubs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN OED 2008081406 Oahu BISH 8/14/2008
3 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep East Maui, Hana District, Hana Forest Reserve, Hana Ranch lands, mauka of Keakaamanu Alien forest slopes with Ardisia elliptica, Pluchea carolinensis, Tibouchina herbacea, Clidemia hirta, Lantana camara, Cordyline fruticosa. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. 2002-81 Maui BISH 11/11/2002
4 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep East Maui, Honomanu, Hana Hwy Side of rd. Lowland wet jungle. Weathered basalt substrate. Associated vegetation: Noronhia emarginata and Pandanus. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Starr, F. Starr, K.; Tanino, L. Collector Number: 021012-1 Maui BISH 10/10/2002
5 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep East Maui, Hana District, Hana Forest Reserve, Hana Ranch lands, mauka of Keakaamanu Alien forest slopes with Ardisia elliptica, Pluchea carolinensis, Tibouchina herbacea, Clidemia hirta, Lantana camara, Cordyline fruticosa. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Imada, C.T. LeGrande, M.; Jansen, S.; Crummer, J. Collector Number: 2002-81 Maui BISH 11/11/2002
6 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep hanalei nwr, valley along river Hibiscus tiliaceus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. fruth, k.; k.wilmerton collector number: 4748 Kauai BISH 10/8/1991
7 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep hanalei district; hanalei national wildlife refuge; hanalei valley. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. w. flynn, k. fruth & k. wilmerton 4748 Kauai US 10/8/1991
8 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep Opaekaa road, grabbed from north side of road, solidly covering a 10m by 10 m area, about 10 meters tall. on roadside climbing on a small patch of alien forest, with pastures adjacent. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kelsey Brock 723 Kauai PTBG 9/11/2015
9 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep Junction of Wailua Rd. & Han Hwy. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H110114 Maui PTBG 11/12/2001
10 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge; Hanalei Valley. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 4748 Kauai PTBG 10/8/1991
11 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep Kahoma Stream. Upstream of intake. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H60715 Maui PTBG 6/19/2007
12 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep vacant lot near kumu-o-kalani PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 2219 Kauai BISH 10/14/1971
13 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep Hanalei District; Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge; Hanalei Valley. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W.; Fruth, K.; Wilmerton, K. 4748 Kauai US 10/8/1991
14 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep 45-193 wena st., kaneohe. utm 625444, 2368082 on eroded reef with basalt boulders PRESERVED_SPECIMEN frohlich, d. lau, a. collector number: 2007101902 Maui BISH 10/19/2007
15 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep East Maui, Hana District, lower Nahiku, Honolulunui. In disturbed, secondary wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H91209 Maui BISH 9/19/2012
16 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep kaneohe near windward community college. utm 623329, 2367292 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN frohlich, d. lau, a. collector number: 2007092701 Midway Atoll BISH 9/27/2007
17 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep pauoa, along booth road Sprawling in weedy shrubs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN oed frohlich, d.; lau, a. collector number: 2008081406 Oahu BISH 8/14/2008
18 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep Kaneohe near Windward community college. UTM 623329, 2367292 Naturalized on a non-native area near culvert of stream. Associated vegetation: Leucaena leucocephala. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Frohlich, D. 2007092701 Oahu BISH 9/27/2007
19 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep Vacant lot near Kumu-o-kalani PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 2219 Kauai BISH 10/14/1971
20 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep 45-193 Wena st., Kaneohe. UTM 625444, 2368082 Cultivated in a coastal residential area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Frohlich, D. 2007101902 Oahu BISH 10/19/2007
21 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge. Predominantly hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus) riparian forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Dewey, D. s.n. Kauai BISH 10/2/2018
22 Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep Hanalei NWR, valley along river Hibiscus tiliaceus PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 4748 Kauai BISH 10/8/1991
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