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(Last Modified On 9/30/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/30/2013)
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Genus
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PUERARIA DC
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Contributor
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W. G. D'Arcy
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Sci. Nat. 4: 97. 1824.
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Note
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LECTOTYPE: P. tuberosa (Willd.) DC.
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Synonym
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Neustanthus Benth., in Miq., P1. Jungh. 234. 1852. TYPE: N. javanicus Benth. Glycine L., Sp. P1. 753; Gen. P1., ed. 5. 334. TYPE: G. javanica L. Nomen rejic. versus Glycine Willd. 1802.
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Description
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Robust scrambling vines, sometimes high climbing, ?shrubs; stems herba- ceous or woody, pubescent. Leaves pinnate trifoliolate, the leaflets large, entire, lobed or undulate margined; stipels mostly present, the stipules ovate to linear, often produced below the enlarged point of insertion, the lower element some- times bifid. Inflorescences elongate stout racemes, sometimes branched, the flow- ers somewhat clustered at the end of the rachis; bracts often caducous, bracteoles ovate; pedicels inserted 1-7 at a node. Flowers sometimes appearing before the leaves; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, the upper pair free or fused into a lip; corolla mostly bluish, pinkish or violet; standard broad, entire or emarginate, minutely spurred, the wings spurred; stamens 10, the vexillary stamen free or united to the others, usually at the middle of the filament, the anthers all alike; ovary pubescent, the style curved or abruptly bent, glabrous, the stigma glabrous. Legume oblong, compressed, usually pilose.
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Habit
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vines
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Note
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This genus of about 20 species is native to southern and eastern Asia. Two species are adventive or naturalized in the New World.
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Reference
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Verdcourt, B. 1968. The identities of Dolichos trilobus L. and Dolichos trilo- batus L. Taxon 17: 170-173.
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