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Taxon:
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
utilis
(Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Mucuna
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Nomen number:
310522
Place of publication:
Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11:187. 1893
Comment:
[or
M. pruriens
Utilis Group]
Verified:
09/23/1986
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC.
(0 active accession[s])
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
hirsuta
(Wight & Arn.) Wilmot-Dear
(0 active accession[s])
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
pruriens
(0 active accession[s])
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
sericophylla
(Perkins) Wilmot-Dear
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mucuna utilis
Wall. ex Wight
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Carpopogon capitatus
Roxb.
Carpopogon niveus
Roxb.
Mucuna aterrima
(Piper & Tracy) Holland
Mucuna deeringiana
(Bort) Merr.
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
biflora
Trimen
Mucuna velutina
Hassk.
Stizolobium aterrimum
Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium capitatum
(Roxb.) Kuntze
Stizolobium cinereum
Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium hassjoo
Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium microspermum
Piper
Stizolobium niveum
(Roxb.) Kuntze
Stizolobium pachylobium
Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium pruritum
Piper & Tracy var.
biflorum
(Trimen) Piper
Stizolobium pruritum
Piper & Tracy subsp.
maculatum
Piper
Stizolobium pruritum
Piper & Tracy subsp.
officinale
Piper
Stizolobium utile
(Wall. ex Wight) Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium velutinum
(Hassk.) Piper & Tracy
Mucuna cochinchinensis
(Lour.) A. Chev.
Macranthus cochinchinensis
Lour.
Stizolobium deeringianum
Bort
Mucuna pachylobia
(Piper & Tracy) Rock
Mucuna capitata
(Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
No images
Reference(s)
Adam, J.-G.
Flore descriptive des monts Nimba. 1971-
duCellier, J.
1999. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Duke, J. A.
Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. 1981
Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds.
1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 11:199-203.
http://proseanet.org
Graham, E. H.
Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. 1941
Note:
= M. deeringiana
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. 1984-
Howard, R.
Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang.
Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. 1987
Huxley, A., ed.
The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
International Seed Testing Association.
A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
Jardim e Museu Agricola do Ultramar, Portugal.
Flora da Guine Portuguesa. 1971-1973
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Note:
=
M. deeringiana
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Smith, A. C.
Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
Verdcourt, B.
A manual of New Guinea legumes. 1979
Wilmot-Dear, C. M.
1984. A revision of
Mucuna
(Leguminosae-Phaseoleae) in China and Japan. Kew Bull. 39:63.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
Bengal velvet-bean –
Reference(s)
cowage velvet-bean –
Reference(s)
Florida velvet-bean –
Reference(s)
lacuna-bean –
Reference(s)
Lyon-bean –
Reference(s)
Mauritius velvet-bean –
Reference(s)
velvet-bean –
Reference(s)
Yokohama velvet-bean –
Reference(s)
Italian
stizolobia –
Reference(s)
Spanish
guisante negro –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
li dou –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
cult. worldwide
Cultivated
(cult. worldwide)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Bee plants
honey production (fide Leg ErWild) –
Reference(s)
Environmental
ornamental (fide Leg WorldEc) –
Reference(s)
Human food
pulse (fide Leg WorldEc) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
source of L-dopa (fide Import Medicinal Pl, as
Mucuna deeringiana
) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses