• Merveilleux, le Kudzu est une super plante comestible ;)

      Root - cooked[105, 171]. Rich in starch[109]. The root can be up to 1.8 metres long[174] and has been known to weigh 35 kilos or more[269]. The root contains about 10% starch, this can be extracted and used as a crispy coating in deep fried foods, or for thickening soups etc[174, 183]. It can also be made into noodles, or like agar or gelatine is used as a gelling agent for salads[183]. This plant is a staple food in Japan, the peeled root contains about 2.1% protein, 0.1% fat, 27.1% carbohydrate, 1.4% ash[179]. The starch of the roots contains (per 100 g) 340 calories, 16.5 percent moisture, 0.2 g protein, 0.1 g fat, 83.1 g total carbohydrate, 0.1 g ash, 35 mg Ca, 18 mg P, 2.0 mg Fe, and 2 mg Na[269]. A nutritional analysis for the whole root is available.

      Flowers - cooked or made into pickles[183].

      Stems and young leaves - raw or cooked[105]. A very nutritious food, the fresh young shoots taste like a cross between a bean and a pea[183]. The cooked leaves contain (per 100 g) 36 calories, 89.0 percent moisture, 0.4 g protein, 0.1 g fat, 9.7 g total carbohydrate. 7.7 g fiber, 0.8 fat, 34 mg Ca, 20 mg P, 4.9 mg Fe, 0.03 mg thiamin, 0.91 mg riboflavin, 0.8 mg niacin[269].

      http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Pueraria+montana+lobata

    • Let me tell you about the invasive plant that scares me more than all the others. It’s one that has infested over 80 million acres in the US, usually in virtual monocultures. It is a heavy feeder, depleting soil of nutrients. Everywhere it grows, the soil is badly eroded. The plant offers almost no wildlife habitat, and since it is wind pollinated, it does not provide nectar to insects. It’s a plant that is often overlooked on blacklists, yet it is responsible for the destruction of perhaps more native habitat than any other species. Research shows that when land is lost to this species, native plants rarely return; they can’t compete with it. It should go at the top of every native-plant lover’s list of enemies. This plant’s name: Zea mays, or corn.

      http://www.patternliteracy.com/116-native-plants-restoring-to-an-idea

    • Je ne suis pas sûr que c’était le sens de son intervention ou de la citation. Mais au delà de la provocation bonne enfant, je trouve ça bien de remettre la situation en perspective : il y a une plante qui est comestible et qui peut servir à la fois de nourriture de base (racine) et de supplément riche en nutriments (feuilles) et qui se multiplie toute seule et prospère sans intervention, utilisation d’énergie fossile, labour ou épandage de pesticide. Ok ça règle pas la question des habitat natifs, de l’impact sur la biodiversité, etc.

    • ah c’était ton intervention hein ;) (c’était bon enfant aussi de mon côté :) ). Je trouve cela bien aussi de remettre en perspective. « Ok ça règle pas la question des habitat natifs, de l’impact sur la biodiversité » pour ce qui me concerne le problème est là. Quant à trouver une utilité aux plantes invasives (ou à retrouver celui de leurs zones d’origines), je nous fais relativement confiance pour cela...