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Pueraria montana - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 7/2008 © Jingxin Liu

Pueraria montana - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 7/2008 © Jingxin Liu

Dataset

Identifier: 1881
Date of entry: 09.03.2012
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2728)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)

      Order: Fabales (245)

        Family: Fabaceae (245)(family description)

          Genus: Pueraria (4)

            Epithet: montana (9)

              Variety: lobata (Willd.) Sanjappa & Pradeep

lobata => divided into or bearing lobes

montana => growing in the mountains

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: purple, violet

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