Pueraria montana var. lobata
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| Variety: | P. montana var. lobata
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| Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep
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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) in Korean.
Distribution
The plant is native to East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and Russian Far East), Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam), and the Pacific (New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu).[3]
Use
The starch powder made from the East Asian arrowroot is called kudzu powder.
In Korea, arrowroot tea is made from either the root or the root starch.[4] In Japan, arrowroot tea is made from the root starch.
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References
- ^ "Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Sanjappa & Pradeep". International Legume Database & Information Service. Retrieved 23 February 2018 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Pueraria montana var. lobata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ 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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