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Mucuna cochinchinensis

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Type of Marcanthus cochinchinensis Lour. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Holotype of Mucuna martinii H.Lev. & Vaniot [family LEGUMINOSAE]
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Name

Identification
Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.) A.Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Marcanthus cochinchinensis Lour. [family LEGUMINOSAE ]
Related name
  • Marcanthus cochinchinensis
  • Mucuna cochinchinensis
Common name
  • velvet bean (M. deeringiana (Bort.) Small); Bengal velvet bean, Lyon bean (M. nivea (Roxb.) DC.; Mauritius bean (M. aterrima (Piper & Tracey) Holland)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour) A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour) A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]

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