The vines were woven into baskets and mats, while the starchy roots were often used in traditional Chinese medicine or processed into flour for noodles and other food products. Kudzu's journey to ...

Kudzu was promoted as a shade-bringing ornamental plant with sweet-smelling blooms ... by its varied ability to reproduce through root suckers, rooting at the nodes and by spreading seeds.

Kudzu, whose scientific name is Pueraria mirfica, is a vine used in Chinese medicine for a variety of health promoting purposes. The root in particular is valued for its medicinal properties ...