Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies of:: Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alpikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aranyamudga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkamath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkmut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cirupayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fen ge	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gan ge teng	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ge	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
ge gen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ge hua	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gegen	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
geh gen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
gé	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gé gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gégēn	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
hrasva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
huáng gé téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jangali moong	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jangli mung	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglimath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
japanese arrowroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kaakamudraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaakaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaatupayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kakamudga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karanjika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ko fen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ko pu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kohasaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koshila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshudrasaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kudsu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kudzu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kudzu hemp	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
kudzu vine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kudzu vine root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
kudzubohne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kudzuranker	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kudzuvine root	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
kung pu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kurangika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuzu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lobed kudzuvine	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lù huò	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maarjaargandhikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
marjaragandhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mealy kudzu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mom sran sde u i dab ma (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mudgaparni	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mugani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mugavan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mugawana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mungani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mungwan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narip payaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naripayar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narippayaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pani-pyre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panipayar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pillippersara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pueraria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pueraria flower	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
pueraria radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
pueraria root	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
puerariae flos	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
puerariae lobatae radix	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
puerariae radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
radix puerariae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
radix puerariae lobatae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
ran-mat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranamuga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranmath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
s.n mudagaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sahaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sde u i dab ma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shimbiparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shimbiparnika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shurpaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sisali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
smon sran sde u i dab ma (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
surpaparni	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suuryaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
termei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trianguli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tropical kudze	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tryangguli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanajaringini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanamudga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanodbhava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vidaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
wild blackgram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild gram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ye ge	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yě biǎn gé	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
カッコン	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
葛	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛根	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
葛粉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
葛蔓	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛谷	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野扁葛	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野葛	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
鹿藿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄葛藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Tuber		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root tuber, tuberous root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant, leaves, seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
root, root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root	root, periderm removed	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
bud		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Root, Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
root	Fragmented, dried root	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root	root with periderm, root without periderm	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phaseolus trilobus Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 30 (1789).
Pueraria hirsuta (Thunb.) Matsum. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16): 91 (1902), nom. illeg.
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 16 (1947).
Pueraria montana var. chinensis (Benth.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep in M.Sanjappa, Legumes India: 288 (1992).
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Tang & F.T.Wang in Hu & Hsun, Native Forage Pl.: 678 (1955), nom. nud.
Pueraria thunbergiana (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 122 (1867).
Pueraria triloba (Aiton) Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 3: 954 (1912).
Dioclea odorata Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., sér. 2, 10: 174 (1860).
Dolichos hirsutus Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 339 (1794).
Dolichos lobatus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1047 (1802).
Dolichos trilobus Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(10): 153 (1779), nom. illeg.
Neustanthus chinensis Benth. Fl. Hongk.: 86 (1861).
Pachyrhizus thunbergianus Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 237 (1846).
Phaseolus aconitifolius Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 299 (1832), nom. illeg.
Phaseolus cornutus Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 198 (1855).
Phaseolus ficifolius Schrank Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 62 (1822).
Phaseolus lobatus (Willd.) Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 247 (1834).
Pueraria argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 426 (1908).
Pueraria bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 425 (1908).
Pueraria caerulea H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 427 (1908).
Pueraria chinensis (Benth.) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 5: 63 (1936).
Pueraria harmsii Rech. Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 85: 292 (1910).
Pueraria koten H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 426 (1908).
Pueraria lobata var. chinensis (Benth.) Ohwi Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 18: 16 (1947).
Pueraria novoguineensis Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13: 325 (1891).
Pueraria thunbergii f. alba M.H.Lee Korean J. Pl. Taxon. 13: 109 (1983).
Pueraria triloba var. leucostachya Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 45: 470 (1931).
Pueraria volkensii Hosok. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 28: 62 (1938).
Vigna lobata (Willd.) Endl. ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 188 (1855).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phaseolum trilobus Aiton	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phaseolus trilobus Aiton	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Phaseolus trilobus sensu Ait. & auct.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Pueraria hirsuta (Thunb.) Schneid.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pueraria hirsuta (Thunb.) Schu.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Pueraria lobata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi.	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Pueraria lobata (Willd.)Ohwi	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Pueraria lobata Ohwi	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Pueraria lobata Owhi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. chinensis Maesen & S.M.Almeida	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Pueraria montana var. chinensis (Ohwi) Sanjappa & Pradeep	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Sanjappa & Pradeep	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Sanjappa & Predeep	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
Pueraria pseudo-hirsuta Tang & Wang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pueraria pseudohirsuta	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Pueraria pseudohirsuta Tang et Wang	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pueraria thunbergiana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pueraria thunbergiana (Sieb. & Zucc.) Benth.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pueraria thunbergiana Bentham	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pueraria triloba	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pueraria triloba (Lour.) Makino	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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