葛Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi

别名：Taiwan kudzu;kudzu;乾葛;葛麻姆;越南葛藤;越南葛;三野葛;台湾葛藤;山肉豆;越南野葛;野葛;野葛藤;山葛藤;北越葛;葛藤;山葛;山野葛;

科名：豆科 Leguminosae

属名：葛属 Pueraria

《中国植物志》第41卷224页
  5.葛（神农本草经）野葛（本草纲目），葛藤 图版55: 1-10
  Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi in Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18:16. 1947; Steward, Vasc. Pl. Lower Yangtze Valley 195. 1958; Li, Woody Fl. Taiwan 359. 1963.——Dolichos hirsutus Thunb. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2:339. 1794; Merr. Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. n. s. 24(2): 211. 1935.——D. lobatus Willd. Sp. Pl. ed. 3, 2:1047. 1802.——Neustanthus chinensis Benth. Fl. Hongk. 86. 1861.——Pueraria thumbergiana (Sieb .& Zucc.) Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 122. 1867; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21: 191. 1887; Franch. Pl. Delav. 181. 1889-90; Levl. Fl. Kouy-Tcheou 241. 1914; Hand. -Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 582. 1933; Li, op. cit. 359. 1963; 海南植物志 2: 319. 1977.——P. argyi Levl & Van. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55:426. 1908; Lauener, Not. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 30:239. 1970.-----P. bodinieri Levl. & Van. op. cit. 425.; Levl. 1. c.; Lauener, l. c.——P. caerulea Levl. & Van. op. cit. 427; Lauener. l. c.——P. koten Levl. & Van. op. cit. 426; Lauener, l. c.——P. triloba (Houtt.) Makino in Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu ed. 3, 3: 954. t. 22. 1912.——P. pseudohirsuta Tang et Wang, nom. seminud. 中国主要植物图说·豆科678. 1955.

《Flora of China》 Vol. 10 (2010)
Pueraria montana  (Loureiro) Merrill Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 24(2): 10, 210. 1935.
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Robust climbers, with tuberous roots. Stems to 8 m, woody at base, hirsute with yellowish hairs in all parts. Stipules dorsi-fixed, ovate-oblong, striate; stipels linear-lanceolate, equal to petiolules or longer; leaflets 3-lobed, rarely entire, terminal one broadly ovate, 7-15(-19) × 5-12(-18) cm, apex acuminate, lat-eral ones obliquely ovate, smaller, with yellowish adpressed hairs adaxially, more densely hairy abaxially. Racemes 15-30 cm. Flowers 2 or 3 aggregated at nodes. Bracts linear-lanceolate to linear, shorter or longer than bracteoles, caducous; bracteoles ovate, less than 2 mm. Calyx 7-20 mm, villous with yellow-brown hairs; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, slightly longer than tube. Corolla purple; standard obovate, 8-18 mm, auriculate and with yellow callosities at base, shortly clawed; wings fal-cate, narrower than keel, base with linear auricles; keel falcate-oblong, with very small and acute auricles. Vexillary stamen free in upper part. Ovary linear, hairy. Legumes long elliptic, 4-14 cm × 6-13 mm, flattened, brown hirsute. Fl. Jul-Oct, fr. Oct-Dec.
Mountain forests, thickets, open places. Everywhere in China ex-cept Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Xizang [SE Asia to Australia].
This plant is commonly known as kudzu vine.This plant is commonly known as kudzu vine.