Georgia kudzu flower. All parts of the kudzu vine are edible if you harvest them at the right. Also called japanese arrowroot or chinese arrowroot is a group of plants in the genus pueraria in the pea family fabaceae subfamily faboideaethey are climbing coiling and trailing perennial vines native to much of east asia southeast asia and some pacific islands. Kudzu is a unique plant that may offer health benefits but keep in mind that more research is needed to gain a better understanding of the benefits of kudzu root and this climbing plant as a whole.
People use kudzu for conditions like alcoholism heart disease diabetes and many others but there is no good scientific evidence to. There were kudzu queens and regionwide kudzu planting contests. Kudzu is a member of the pea family so when the flowers disappear they are replaced by clusters of short pea like seedpods.
Kudzu k d z u. Kudzus root flower and leaf are used to make medicine. Thunbergiana is a prolific vine that was introduced to georgia and other southern states during the latter half of the nineteenth centuryin the decades that followed the plants coverage expanded dramatically consuming fields and forests throughout the region while becoming a cultural touchstone for generations of southerners.
The soil conservation service was established in the us. Pink ladyslipper moccasin flower cypripedium acaule. The name is derived from the japanese name for the plant east asian arrowroot pueraria montana.
Orchidaceae orchid family. Kudzu vine that ate the south pueraria montana introduced family. And according to the new georgia encyclopedia it promoted the propagation of kudzu and the planting of around 500000 acres of the vine throughout georgia virginia north carolina and alabama.
Fabaceae pea family.