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kudzu
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kudzu

Japanese creeper belonging to the legume family, which helps fix nitrogen (see nitrogen cycle) and can be used as a feed crop for animals, but became a pest in the southern USA when introduced to check soil erosion. (Pueraria lobata, family Leguminosae.)


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