Kudzu
Pueraria montana
Plantae
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Huge
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Subtropical forest
- Range
- East Asia
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Runners
- Status
- Common
About
Kudzu is a fast-growing vine native to East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is so fast-growing that it can grow 10 feet a day!
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pueraria
- Species
- Pueraria montana