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Pueraria montana var. thomsonii

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Bentham) M.R. Almeida

Common Names

• Fen ge (Pinyin)
• Yaka (Fiji)
• Wayaka (Fiji)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Jiangxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forests
• coastal.

Flowering Times

• Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

• Nov (China)

Brownish hairy climber with leaflets often trilobed. Racemes to 225mm long of large purple, blue or white flowers to 20mm or longer, calyx 17mm+ with lobes to 4mm wide, standard to 18mm, larger leaves & fruit, legumes 140mm x 13mm

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Phytologia
• FOC
• JPS
• JDH
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke