Description:
Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) »
Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC. pew-er-RAY-ree-uh -- named for Marc Nicolas Puerari, Swiss botanist..
Dave's Botanary too-ber-OH-suh or tew-ber-OH-suh -- tuberous..
Dave's Botanary commonly known as: Indian kudzu, Nepalese kudzu • Bengali: শিমিআবাতরাজী shimia batraji • Dogri: sayali • Gujarati: ભોંયકોળું bhonyakolum, ખાખરવેલ khakhar-vel, ફગડાનો વેલો phagadano velo, વિદારીકંદ vidarikanda • Hindi: बनकुमड़ा bankumara, बिलाई कन्द bilayi kand • Kannada: ಭೂ ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಗಡ್ಡೆ bhoo sakkare gadde, ಗುಮ್ಮಡಿ ಗಿಡ gummadi gida • Konkani: ¿ बिरमुळो birmulo ? • Malayalam: മുതുക്ക് mutukk • Marathi: बेंदरवेल bendarvel, भरडा bharda, भुईकोहळा bhuikohala, दारी dari, घोडवेल ghodvel, विदारी vidari • Nepali: बिरालि कन्द birali kanda • Oriya: କଟକା kataka • Punjabi: ਸਿਆਲੀ siali, ਸੁਰਾਲਾ surala • Sanskrit: भूमिकुष्माण्ड bhumikusmanda, गजवाजिप्रिया gajavajipriya, इक्षुगन्धा iksu-gandha, कन्दपलाश kandapalash, स्वादुकन्दा svadukanda, विदारी vidari • Tamil: கரிக்கும்மடி karikkummati, நிலப்பூசனி nila-p-pucani • Telugu: దారి గుమ్మడి dari gummadi, నేల గుమ్మడి nela gummadi Native to: India, Nepal, Pakistan References:
Flowers of India •
Wikipedia •
NPGS / GRIN •
ENVIS - FRLHT •
DDSA. Date: 19 February 2012, 08:06. Source:
Indian Kudzu. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
15° 27′ 44.58″ N, 74° 05′ 14.9″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 15.462383; 74.087472.