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Mucuna pruriens
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Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens DC. [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Vall.) Bak. ex Burck [family FABACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Isotype of Mucuna bernieriana Baill. [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Holotype of Mucuna diabolica Keuch. subsp. kenneallyi Verdc. [family FABACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna imbricata Baker [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Isotype of Mucuna axillaris Baker [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Isotype of Mucuna axillaris Baker [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck; fruits and seeds
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.; fruits and seeds
Isotype of Mucuna axillaris Baker [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE]
Isotype of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. subsp. novoguineensis Verdc. [family FABACEAE]
Mucunapruriens
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Vall.) Bak. ex Burck [family FABACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens
Syntype of Mucuna hirsuta Wight & Arn. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Mucunapruriens
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Syntype of Mucuna atrocarpa F. P. Metcalf [family FABACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens [family FABACEAE]
Isotype of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. subsp. novoguineensis Verdc. [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE]
Holotype of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. hirsuta (Wight & Arn.) Wilmot-Dear [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Filed as Mucuna [family FABACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Isotype of Mucuna incurvata Wilmot-Dear & R. Sha [family FABACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens DC. [family FABACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Isolectotype of Mucuna imbricata DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens
Type of Mucuna exserta C.B.Clarke ex C.E.C.Fisch. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Type of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Holotype of Mucuna martinii H.Lev. & Vaniot [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONACEAE]
Holotype of Mucuna esquirolii H.Lév. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Syntype of Mucuna atrocarpa F. P. Metcalf [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
Holotype of Mucuna bernieriana Baill. [family FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens DC. [family FABACEAE]
Isosyntype of Mucuna hirsuta Wight & Arn. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Holotype of Mucuna martini Léveillé & Vaniot [family FABACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. hirsuta (Wight & Arn.) Wilmot-Dear [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Syntype of Mucuna exserta C.B.Clarke ex C.E.C.Fisch. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Type of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Holotype of Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. subsp. novoguineensis Verdc. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna pruriens
Filed as Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
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Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC.
[family
LEGUMINOSAE
]
Related name
Mucuna pruriens
Common name
va-diegon (JB) (SENEGAL, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
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
cowage, cowhage, cow itch (an Anglo-Indian corruption of Hindi: kiwach), Bengal bean, velvet bean., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
gañoma (JB) nanoma (K&A) nayuma (JB) (SENEGAL, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
pois à gratter, pois poilleux (Berhaut): mucune (Bouquiaux)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
é mo (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Bayot)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
é gañuma (JB) é ganuna (K&A) gan^a (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
metaftum (JB) (SENEGAL, BALANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
бe-yowél (FG&G) (SENEGAL, BEDIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
ñofaré (JB) (SENEGAL, BADYARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
ennańey (K& (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens (Linn.) DC. [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 pruriens
var. pruriens (Linn.) DC. [family
LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE
], — F.T.A. 2: 187; Bak. f. l.c. 380; Chev. Bot. 196.
Dolichos pruriens
Linn.
[family
LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE
], (1754).
Information
A lofty climber, with more or less pubescent stems; flowers deep purple to almost black; fruit densely clothed with rusty stinging hairs.
Range
Widespread in the tropics
Distribution
Port. G. Bissau (fr. Dec.) Esp. Santo 1588!S. L. Morson! Kambia (fr.Lib. Bakratown (Oct.) Linder 858! Wohmen (fr. Oct.) Baldwin 10087!G. C. Ejura Scarp (fr. Dec.) Morton GC 9614!Togo Misahöhe Mildbr. 7378!N. Nig. Kontagora (fl. & fr. Dec.) Dalz. 32! Nupe Barter 1155!S. Nig. Ogun R. Millen 124! Oban Talbot 1316! Abokum (fr. Jan.) Holland 292!
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