Pueraria tuberosa (Willd.) DC.

• Family: Fabaceae
• Vernacular names: Muthuku, മുതക്ക് (Malayalam), Indian kudzu (English),
• Distribution: India, also in Tropical Himalayas
• Description: Woody climbing shrubs. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate or the terminal rhomboid. Racemes axillary. Flowers bluish-purple, ternate on the nodes of racemes. Pods flat, linear, hairy.
• Habit: Shrub
• Habitat: Moist deciduous forests
• Flowering & Fruiting: December-April

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• Parts used: Flowers and root
• Properties & Uses: Cooling, aphrodisiac, diuretic and alterative. Tubers are used to clear the voice; cures leprosy, fever, burning sensation and urinary discharges.
• Systems of Medicines: Folk,
• Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
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