Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物

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Pueraria lobata / Kuzu クズ

Bloom time: July-September

   
Family:
 
Fabaceae /
Mameka


 

Species in the genus Pueraria:


Pueraria lobata / Kuzu

 

   

Pueraria lobata / Kuzu クズ

 
Pueraria lobata is a perennial herb seen everywhere in fields and mountains. The whole is with coarse yellow-brown hairs, and stem bases are ligneous. Leaves comprise three leaflets, with thick white coats on the bottom surfaces; the leaflets are 10-15cm long, and many cleft shallowly in 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.
                 
                     
                     
                     

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