Mucuna melanocarpaHochst. Ex. A. Rich. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Mucuna melanocarpa
Flora
Entry for MUCUNA melanocarpa Hochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
MUCUNA melanocarpaHochst. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1425. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 215.
Information
Stem woody, wide-climbing, slender, glabrous. Stipules deciduous. Petiole 4–5 in. long, firm, slender, glabrous; leaflets subcoriaceous, the central one broadly obovate, 3–5 in. long, blunt or acute, the base narrowed or subcuneate; petiolule more than an inch long; upper surface glabrous, lower finely ferruginous-pubescent. Flowers in dense racemes 6–12 in. long on firm glabrous peduncles. Pedicels 1/4 in. long, cernuous. Calyx broadly campanulate, 3/8 in. deep, thinly silvery and yellow-bristly, bilabiate, the teeth short-deltoid. Corolla 2 in. long, the wings and keel nearly equal, the standard a little shorter, 3/4 in. broad. Pod like that of M. pruriens, densely coated with brown silky bristles.
