Pueraria lobata is generally categorized into two different kinds of artificial cultivation, wild, Pueraria lobata looks like sweet potato, but the base of Pueraria lobata is woody, usually more common Pueraria lobata root is thick, the leaves are pinnately compound, the maximum length of up to 19cm wide 18cm, and the flowers are bracts linear lanceolate, and the fruits are ovoid reddish-brown.
The base of kudzu is woody and thick
Kudzu has a high medicinal value, so what does kudzu look like, it is divided into artificial, wild two different species, the morphological characteristics of these two are different, but the overall length of the base of kudzu is woody, and the root is thicker, suitable for the usual purchase of its consumption.
Pueraria lobata belongs to the perennial vine, usually up to 8-10m long, in the usual most common Pueraria lobata base woody thick, the whole plant also has a yellow long hard hairs, the leaf blade is pinnately compound with also three divided leaflets, the front of the leaf blade is acuminate, the maximum length of up to 19cm wide 18cm, green with a hint of yellowish.
Generally Pueraria lobata will bloom in September to October every year, its flowers are bracts linear lanceolate, the pedicel is wrapped by yellow-white downy hairs, petals are bluish-purple or purple, and the calyx is usually about five, when the Pueraria lobata flowers will be fruit, Pueraria lobata's fruits are ovoid russet, and the appearance is very glossy.
In fact, there are many different varieties of Pueraria lobata, most of the morphology is similar, but the wild Pueraria lobata has a strong ability to adapt to the environment, although its matrix is relatively short, it can be thicker than the base of the ordinary Pueraria lobata, the leaves and the ordinary varieties of about the same, but the wild Pueraria lobata's leaves can be as long as the maximum length of 14cm wide 12cm.