Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Note on Chinese vernacular (common) names.
Pueraria candollei Graham ex
Benth.
ENGLISH : Burmese kudzu.
FRENCH : Kudzu de Birmanie, Kudzu du
Bangladesh.
U.mhwun: ping, 
U.mhwun:
(pu.ti:).
CHINESE : 
Shi yong ge
teng, 
Ge gen,
Ge
hua, 
Gan
ge, 
Tian
ge, Ge
teng,
Shi yong
ge (medicinal name).
ENGLISH : Edible kudzu, Chinese kudzu.
FRENCH : Kudzu de Chine.
Pueraria
montana (Lour.) Merr.
SYNONYM(S) : Pueraria tonkinensis Gagnep., Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi var. montana van der Maesen, Dolichos montanus Lour., Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merrill
CHINESE : 
Shan ge teng,
Shan ge teng (medicinal name).
ENGLISH : Wild kudzu, Taiwan kudzu.
FRENCH : Dolique kudzu tonkinoise, Kudzu de Formose.
LAOTIAN : Chüa tau kung, Khauz pièd.
VIETNAMESE : Day cae lan, Day dan, San day.
Pueraria
montana (Lour.) Merr. var. chinensis Maesen & S.M. Almeida
-> Pueraria montana
(Lour.)
Merr. var.
thomsonii (Benth.) Wiersema ex D.B. Ward
Pueraria montana
(Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.)
Maesen & S.M. Almeida
SYNONYM(S) : Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi, Pueraria hirsuta (Thunb.) Matsum. nom.illeg., Pueraria hirsuta (Thunb.) Schneider, Pueraria thunbergiana (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth., Pueraria pseudo-hirsuta Tang et Wang, Dolichos lobatus Willd., Pueraria triloba (Houtt.) Makino, Dolichos japonica hort.
ARABIC : Kisht yâbânî.
CHINESE : 
Ye ge, Ge, 
Bai
ge, 
Huang ge teng, 
tian ge teng, Ri ben ge , 
Fen
ge teng, 
Ma ge teng, 
Mao ge teng, , Ge gen
(medicinal name) , Ge hua (medicinal name).
DUTCH : Koedzoe.
ENGLISH : Kudzu, Japanese arrowroot.
FRENCH : Dolique kudzu, Puéraire kudzu.
GERMAN : Knollengrische, Kopoubohne.
ITALIAN : Kudzo.
JAPANESE : 
Tokiiro kuzu (as P. hirsuta), 
Kakkon (as P. lobata), Kuzu
(as P. lobata).
KOREAN : 
(as P.thunbergiana), 
Ch'iri kkot (as P.thunbergiana).
MALAY : Bitok (Indonesia).
SPANISH : Kudzu comun.
SUNDANESE : Tobi.
TAGALOG : Baai (?), Tahaunon (?).
THAI : Tamyakhrua.
VIETNAMESE : Cu nang, Cu san day.
Pueraria
montana
(Lour.) Merr. var. thomsonii (Benth.)
Wiersema ex D.B. Ward
SYNONYM(S) : Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi var. thomsonii (Benth.) Maesen, Pueraria thomsonii Benth.
CHINESE : Gan ge teng, Fen ge, Gan ge,
Ge ma
teng, Ge gen
(medicinal name).
ENGLISH : Mealy kudzu, Thomson's kudzu.
FRENCH : Dolique kudzu de Chine.
THAI : Phakphit.
VIETNAMESE : Day cat can, San day.
Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth.
CHINESE : 
San lie ye ye ge, San
lie ye ge teng, San lie ye ye ge teng, San lie ye ye ge (medicinal name),
Fen
ge, Ge
teng.
ENGLISH : Kudzu, Kudzu vine, Tropical kudzu, Puero (Aust.).
FRENCH : Kudzu tropical.
LAOTIAN : Pièd, S'üak pièd.
MALAY : Kudzu tropika, Krandang (Indonesia).
NEPALESE : 
Bidaarii laharo (Bidari laharo),
Kuduzu
ghans.
TAGALOG : Singkamasaso.
THAI : Thua sian paa.
VIETNAMESE : Dau ma, Dau dai, Dau rung.
Pueraria phaseoloides
(Roxb.) Benth. var. javanica (Benth.)
Baker
CHINESE : 
Zhao wa san lie ye ge teng.
ENGLISH : Kudzu, Kudzu vine, Large-flowered tropical kudzu, Puero (Aust.).
FRENCH : Kudzu de Java, Kudzu tropical à larges gousses.
GERMAN: Tropischer Kudzu.
SPANISH : Puero ?.
Pueraria phaseoloides
(Roxb.) Benth. var. phaseoloides
ENGLISH : Kudzu, Kudzu vine, Tropical kudzu.
FRENCH : Kudzu tropical.
Most names applied to the species fit this variety.
Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC.
BURMESE : 
,
U.mhwun: ping.
ENGLISH : Indian kudzu, Nepalese kudzu.
FRENCH : Kudzu de l'Inde.
NEPALESE : 
Baraalii kunda (Barali kund), 
Biraalii mando (Birali
mando).
It is obvious from looking at the Chinese names that most plants have many common names. For each species or variety we have drawn attention to the main plant name by bolding it and to the medicinal name (which can be a common name for another plant). The bolded names are those that are the most reliable.
The English and French names, although informative, are also very vague, and certainly too imprecise to be relied upon for proper identification.
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