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Pueraria lobata
is a perennial herb found throughout fields
and mountains. The entire plant is covered in coarse, yellow-brown
hairs, and the stem bases are woody. Leaves comprise three leaflets,
with thick white coats on the bottom surfaces; the leaflets are
10-15cm long, and are shallowly cleft into 2-3. Flowers, many, come
in racemes, red-purple, and 1.8-2cm long. Legumes are 5-10cm long,
with dense brown bristles. Bloom time: July-September. |