Plant name details for Pueraria montana var. thomsonii (2025)

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
baru	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
batusao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
baudo	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
baugi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
bauru	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
bausu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
bauzu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
boitino	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
bokoho-rin	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
bu-su	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
buiti	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
ehugunopiti	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
fen ge	Other
fenge	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
gan ge	Other
gan ge teng	Other
ge gen	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ge hua	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
iyonawahe	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
kawarau	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
kudzu bean	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
kudzu vine	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
kudzu vine root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
lobed kudzuvine	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mealy kudzu	Other
owahe	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
piti	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
pueraria	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
puerariae flos	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
puerariae radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
puerariae thomsonii radix	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
radix puerariae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
radix puerariae thomsonii	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
sắn dây	Other
thomson kudzuvine root	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
uiti	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
wa-heiyo	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
wahe	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
wahemo-gisu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
waheru	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
wahirutorowan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
waro	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
湯氏葛藤	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
甘葛藤	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
粉葛	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
葛叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛根	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
葛粉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
葛蔓	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛藤	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
葛谷	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛麻藤	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
野葛	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root without outer bark		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
flowers, buds	dried flowers and buds	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tuberous roots		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Root
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root	Whole dried root, fragmented dried root	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pueraria lobata subsp. thomsonii (Benth.) H.Ohashi & Tateishi Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ., Ser. 4, Biol. 39: 232 (1988).
Pueraria lobata var. thomsonii (Benth.) Maesen Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 85(1): 58 (1985).
Pueraria thomsonii Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9: 122 (1867).
Dolichos grandifolius Graham in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5556 (1831), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi var. thomsonii (Benth.) Maesen.
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwissp.thomsonii (Benth.) Ohashi & Tateishi	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. thomsonii (Benth.) M. R. Almeida
Pueraria montana var. thomsonii (Benth.) M.R.Almeida	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Pueraria thomsoni Bentham
Pueraria thomsonii Benth.	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
pueraria thomsonii Benth.	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)

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