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Pueraria montana var. lobata

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East Asian arrowroot（Chinese : 葛根）
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Genus:
Pueraria
Species:
P. montana
Variety:
P. montana var. lobata
Trinomial name
Pueraria montana var. lobata
(Willd.) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Dolichos hirsutus Thunb.
    • Dolichos lobatus Willd.
    • Dolichos stipulaceus Lam.
    • Neustanthus chinensis Benth.
    • Pachyrhizus thunbergianus Siebold & Zucc.
    • Phaseolus aconitifolius Roxb.
    • Phaseolus cornutus Blume ex Miq.
    • Phaseolus ficifolius Schrank
    • Phaseolus lobatus (Willd.) Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
    • Phaseolus trilobus Aiton
    • Pueraria argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Pueraria bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Pueraria caerulea H.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Pueraria chinensis (Benth.) Ohwi
    • Pueraria harmsii Rech.
    • Pueraria hirsuta (Thunb.) C.K.Schneid.
    • Pueraria koten H.Lév. & Vaniot
    • Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi
    • Pueraria montana var. chinensis (Ohwi) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep
    • Pueraria novoguineensis Warb.
    • Pueraria thunbergiana (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth.
    • Pueraria triloba (Aiton) Makino
    • Pueraria triloba var. leucostachya Honda
    • Pueraria volkensii Hosok.
    • Vigna lobata (Willd.) Endl. ex Miq.
    • Vigna stipulacea (Lam.) Kuntze

Pueraria montana var. lobata, the East Asian arrowroot,[2] is a perennial plant in the family Fabaceae.

Names

It is called gé (葛) in Chinese, kuzu (葛) in Japanese, and chik (칡) or gal (갈; 葛) in Korean.

Distribution

The plant is native to East Asia (China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea), the Russian Far East, Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam), and the Pacific (New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu).[3]

Use

See also: Kudzu § Uses

The starch powder made from the East Asian arrowroot is called kudzu powder. Kudzu powder is used to make arrowroot tea in traditional medicines of China, Japan and Korea[4] (in Korea the root unprepared is also used).

  • East Asian arrowroot.
    East Asian arrowroot.
  • Arrowroot tea.
    Arrowroot tea.
  • Kuzumochi made using kudzu powder.
    Kuzumochi made using kudzu powder.

References

  1. ^ "Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  2. ^ Korea National Arboretum (2015). English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea Forest Service. p. 596. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Pueraria montana var. lobata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 23 February 2018. {{citation}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  4. ^ Chun, Hui-jung (2004). Yoon, Ho-mi (ed.). Korean Food Guide 800. Seoul: The Korea Foundation. p. 208. ISBN 978-89-89782-10-0. Retrieved 23 February 2018 – via issuu.


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