Kudzu

Kudzu

[Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.]

Fabaceae (Bean Family)

▲ ▼ kudzu climbing over 30' tall tree in Springfield, MO

▲ kudzu trifoliate leaves

▲ kudzu flower cluster

▲ kudzu seed pods

Kudzu: (pp. 320-321, Weeds of the Great Plains; pp. 232-233, Weeds of the Northeast)

a vining simple perennial legume with tuberous roots introduced from Asia
leaves are trifoliate, large; flowers are pink to white in large panicles
very rapid and rampant growth capable of covering tall trees in a growing season
we are on very northern fringe of its winter hardiness range