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Is Pueraria lobata a kudzu?
Kudzu: the dried root of Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi, a legume, is a perennial plant of the genus Pueraria, family Leguminosae, and is a vegetable commonly eaten in some provinces and regions of southern China, with a sweet and cool taste, often used for soup. It can also be used as medicine.

The main component is starch, in addition to containing about 12% of flavonoids, including soybean (soybean) glycosides, soybean glycosides, Puerarin and other more than 10 kinds; and contains carotenoids, amino acids, coumarins and so on. Mainly produced in Hunan, Zhejiang, Henan, Guangdong. Spring planting winter harvest.

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