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Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.
tropical kudzu
Symbol: PUPH2
Group: Dicot
Family: Fabaceae
Growth Habit: Vine
Subshrub
Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced

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State Distributional Map for PUPH2
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Plant Distribution by State

Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.

PUPH2

Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

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Related Taxa:
Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.

View 200 genera in Fabaceae, 2 species in Pueraria

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Classification:
Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                   Subclass Rosidae –
                      Order Fabales –
                         Family Fabaceae – Pea family
                            Genus Pueraria DC. – kudzu
                               Species Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth. – tropical kudzu

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Noxious Weed Information:
Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.
This plant is listed by the U. S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location.
Hawaii:
        tropical kudzu     Noxious weed

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Invasive Information:
Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.
        tropical kudzu
        puero
This plant is considered invasive by the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.
STATE   Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 43 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

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Introduced Information:
Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504684.

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