Family Name: Fabaceae
Botanical Name(s): Pueraria Tuberosa
Popular Name(s): Indian Kudzu, Red Indian Kudzu, white Indian Kudzu, Kudzu
Parts Used: Tubers
Habitat: Dry deciduous to moist deciduous forests.
Description: Kudzu is a coarse, high-climbing, twining, trailing and perennial vine. The huge root, which can grow to the size of a human body, is the source of medicinal preparations used in traditional Chinese medicine and modern herbal products.
Uses: Tubers are used for the treatment of Dysuria, cough, rheumatism, erysipelas and malarial fever. The roots are to be used in Medicine as a demulcent and refrigerant in fevers as cataplasm for swellings of joints ad as lacto gouge.