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Neustanthus
Sign in to saveNeustanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae and its tribe Phaseoleae. The only species is Neustanthus phaseoloides, called tropical kudzu. This species is a forage crop and cover crop used in the tropics. It is known as puero in Australia and tropical kudzu in most tropical regions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- NY, MO, UFAC, K
- Recorded in
- India, Taiwan, Brasil
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- Name
- Subtaxa
- Distribution
- Description
- Biology
- Genetics
- Invasiveness
- Use
- Production
- Propagation
- Nutrient requirement
- Diseases
- Water stress
- Management when used in mixtures
- Harvesting
- Breeding
- Nutrient Content
- Differentiation from ''Pueraria''
- See also
- References
Neustanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae and its tribe Phaseoleae. The only species is Neustanthus phaseoloides, called tropical kudzu. This species is a forage crop and cover crop used in the tropics. It is known as puero in Australia and tropical kudzu in most tropical regions.
It is related to the genus Pueraria and artificial hybridization with P. montana var. lobata has been achieved. Prior to 2016, the accepted name was Pueraria phaseoloides.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neustanthus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.