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What is Pueraria mirifica ?Source : Medical Plant Research Institute Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health , Thailand
There are nine species of plants in the genus Pueraria in Thailand that look alike, The studies of ecology, distribution and cultivation of Pueraria mirifica have been conducted by a group of researcher in the Department of Biology , Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok , Thailand since 1991. In addition the tissue culture of this plant has been developed and field trials have been studies. At the present time, Thailand natural product Industry is able to establish organic of this plant for the continuous supply of the raw material.
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Pueraria mirifica Airy Shaw & Suvatabandhu is an indigenous herb of Thailand, known in Thai as "Kwao Kreu" or "Kwao Kreu Kao" (White Kwao Kreu). It belongs to the Family Leguminosae,subfamily Papilionoideae or the soy, bean & pea subfamily, The plants are commonly found in abundant in the forests in the north, the west and the northeast of Thailand at the altitude of 300-800 meters above sea level, Active principles in this plant are found in the tuberous root, which looks like o chain of round-shaped bulbs of various sizes connected to the next one via small root throughout the entire length of the root. The shape and size of the tuberous root are diverse depending on the environment in which it exists.