File:Flowering kudzu is a fast-growing legume with a grapelike odor.jpg

Summary
The flower of the kudzu plant, which is a legume with a grape-like odor. Kudzu is a fast-growing vine that is sometimes called "foot-a-night vine", "mile-a-minute vine", and "the vine that ate the South" in Southeastern United States.

Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus: Pueraria Species: P. lobata Binomial name: Pueraria lobata

Other names for this plant are: Japanese: Kuzu (クズ or 葛?). (Chinese: 葛根) gé gēn Vietnam: sắn dây

Author: Photo by Peggy Greb - This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the Agricultural Research Service, the research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.