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[[File:Pueraria tuberosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) DC. (6926236863).jpg|thumb|right|''Vidarikanda'', ''Pueraria tuberosa'']]
'''Vidarikanda''' is a large climber with trifoliate leaves and tuberous roots. It occurs in the Himalayan tracts at low elevations and also in the hills of Central and South India.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Joint pain}}, {{Uses|Burning sensation}}, {{Uses|Improve bodymass}}, {{Uses|Skin complexion}}, {{Uses|Improve voice quality}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Trifoliate|alternateAlternate|leaflets Leaflets 5-18 x 5-12.5 cm, ovate or the terminal rhomboid, base obtuse or acute, laterals oblique at base, apex acuminate, scattered hairy above, appressed hairy beneath; lateral nerves 7 or 8 pairs, reticulations prominent; petiole to 18 cm long; stipules c. 5 mm long, ovate. Racemes axillary, 15-35 cm long; rachis silky. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Raceme|Bluish purple|10|Flowers c. 1.3 cm long, bluish-purple, ternate on the nodes of racemes; pedicels c. 3 mm long. Calyx c. 7 mm long, tomentose; tube campanulate; lobes ovate. Standard c. 1.2 cm, long, orbicular, base auricled, apex emarginate; wings c. 1.2 cm long, with spur above base; keels long-clawed. Stamens 9+1, vexillary stamen apically fused, free at base. Ovary to 8 mm long, oblong, densely brown-hirsute; style incurved; stigma capitate. }}
===Fruit===
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
File:Shimia Batraji (Bengali- শিমিআবাতরাজী) (4716596438).jpg
File:Dari Gummadi (Telugu- దారి గుమ్మడి) (6926232427).jpg
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/08/11/vidarikand-pueraria-tuberosa-indian-kudzu/ "Uses"]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/package-of-practices/medicinal-and-aromatic-plants/pueraria-tuberosa "Cultivation details"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search "Vernacular names"]</ref>
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/08/11/vidarikand-pueraria-tuberosa-indian-kudzu/ "Ayurvedic preparations"]</ref>
</references>