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Mucuna pruriens

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Name

Identification
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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