Pueraria Montana, also known as Kudzu, is an extremely fast growing vine that can grow as much as 60 feet in one season.
I stopped to take a picture of a huge growth of these vines along Austin Run Boulevard in Stafford and a man stopped and asked me, “Why take pictures of that stuff, it grows all over here?”
True, it’s quite common, but what might not be so commonly known is, according to Web Md, it has many uses.
This plant, native to China and Japan has been used in medicine since 200 BC. Today the roots, flowers, and leaves are used in the treatment of many things including alcoholism, headaches, dizziness, high-blood pressure, muscle pain and psoriasis.
I wouldn’t recommend going out and feasting on this woody vine, but I do have one recommendation, don’t stand in one spot to long near these plants, they seem to want to grab hold of you!
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