Kudzu seed Pueraria lobata
LATIN NAME: Pueraria lobata
COMMON NAME: Kudzu
The kudzu is the deep-green curtain of the warm slopes, and the small, purple, pea-like flowers open in the long racemes through the late summer. The vigorous, twining, perennial vine carries the large, three-parted leaves of the broad leaflets and the long, upright racemes of the small, purple, pea-like flowers through the late summer, to be followed by the flat, hairy pods of the small, round seeds. The vine has a very long record in the old practice of the warm East, and it is a fine, historic presence of the study collection, best kept to the places where the spread is welcome. It is a vine of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The kudzu is a historic subject of the plant science, and the purple racemes keep showing up in the work on the old vines. The chemistry of the roots and the flowers, which have a very long record in the old practice of the warm East, has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the traditional herbs, the twining legumes and the members of the pea family. The large, three-parted leaves and the vigorous growth have also made it a fine study vine, and the kudzu is a regular subject of the work on the deep-green curtains of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The kudzu is a fine, historic vine of the study collection and the old garden. The long, upright racemes of the small, purple, pea-like flowers open through the late summer, and the roots and the flowers have a very long record in the old practice of the warm East, the roots steeping into the starchy drinks of the old tables and the flowers into the fine, golden jellies. The vine feeds the soil with the nitrogen and covers the steep banks with the deep-green curtain, best kept to the places where the spread is welcome. It has been written about in the botanical and the herbal papers for the purple racemes and the long record of use, and it is a fine, historic vine of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden.
Keep the vine to the fence or the trellis and cut it back through the season to hold the spread.
To grow the kudzu from seed, sow the large, round seeds a centimetre down in pots of sterile, free-draining soil, keep the pots in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out against the fence or the trellis. The seedlings come through within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, well-drained ground, the green curtain will climb through the warm season.
Pueraria lobata is a plant in the genus Pueraria in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is a climbing, coiling, and trailing vine native to southern Japan and southeast China. Its name comes from the Japanese name for the plant, Kuzu
