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Kudzu smothering trees in Atlanta, Georgia, US. Kudzu (/ ˈ k uː d z u, ˈ k ʊ d-, ˈ k ʌ d-/), also called Japanese arrowroot or Chinese arrowroot, [1] [2] is a group of climbing, coiling, and trailing deciduous perennial vines native to much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands. [2] It is invasive in many parts of the ...
Kudzu smothering trees in Atlanta, Georgia. A woodland area of Brooklyn, New York, blanketed by kudzu. Kudzu is an invasive plant species in the United States, introduced from Asia with devastating environmental consequences, [1] earning it the nickname "the vine that ate the South".
Pueraria tuberosa, commonly known as kudzu, [2] Indian kudzu, [3] or Nepalese kudzu, [3] Vidarikand, [4] Sanskrit: Bhukushmandi (भूकुशमंडी) [5] is a climber with woody tuberculated stem. It is a climbing, coiling and trailing vine with large tuberous roots.
Kudzu was a daily comic strip by Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette about rural Southerners. Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate , the strip ran from June 15, 1981 to August 26, 2007.
Pueraria is a genus of 15–20 [2] species of legumes native to south, east, and southeast Asia and to New Guinea and northern Australia. [1] The best known member is kudzu, also called Japanese arrowroot.
Pueraria montana is a species of plant in the botanical family Fabaceae. [3] At least three sub-species (alternatively called varieties) are known. It is closely related to other species in the genus Pueraria (P. edulis and P. phaseoloides) and the common name kudzu is used for all of these species and hybrids between them.
Megacopta cribraria, also called the bean plataspid, kudzu bug, globular stink bug and lablab bug, is a shield bug native to India and China, where it is an agricultural pest of lablab beans and other legumes. [2]
Their name may be at the origin of the name of the kudzu plant, supposedly for being associated with the harvest and sale of kudzu roots or starch extracted from them. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] References