VERNACULAR NAME:

Tropical Kudzu [309]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Asia

Bangladesh (N) [309, 3091]; Bhutan (N) [309, 1947]; India (N) [309]; Arunachal Pradesh [309]; Assam [309]; Manipur [309]; Meghalaya [309]; Nagaland [309]; Sikkim [309]; West Bengal [309]; Myanmar (N) [309, 1914]; Nepal (N) [309, 2898, 3369]; Thailand (N) [309]

LITERATURE POINTERS:

Description [309, 1947] ; Distribution Map [309] ; Illustration [309]

DESCRIPTORS:

Climbing: Climbing ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

USES:

Environmental [309]; Fibre [309]; Food and Drink [309]; Forage [309]; Medicine [309]

309. Van der Maesen, L.J.G., 1985

Agric.Univ.Wageningen Papers 85-1:1-132.Rev.of Pueraria

1914. Sanjappa, M., 1992

Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1947. Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987

Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

2898. Ohashi, H., 1979

Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

3091. Prain, D., 1903

Bengal Plants Vol 1

3369. Shrestha, K.K., 1998

Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)