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Pueraria phaseoloides var. javanica

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Bentham) Baker

Propagation

C.D.S.

Cultivated

C, cover plant, forage, green manure

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Hainan - China
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Roadside
• wasteland
• forest margin

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Perennial creeping or climbing herb with 360mm pubescent racemes of blue 23mm flowers, fruit a bean 125mm long, leaflets small thick & densely pubescent

More vigorous, naturalised weed

Used for fodder, green manure, cover plant, used for making nets & bags, medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• GBS
• ILDIS