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Taxon: Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck

Genus: Mucuna
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Phaseoleae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 310522
Place of publication: Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11:187. 1893
Comment: or M. pruriens Utilis Group
Name verified on: 23-Sep-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Oct-2006
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 27 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


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Common names:

  • Bengal velvet-bean   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  • cowage velvet-bean   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  • Florida velvet-bean   (Source: Hortus 3 as M. deeringiana)
  • guisante negro   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  • lacuna-bean   (Source: J. duCellier, p.c. via email on 12 Jul 1999)
  • Lyon-bean   (Source: Leg WorldEc )
  • Mauritius velvet-bean   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  • velvet-bean   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  • Yokohama velvet-bean   (Source: Leg WorldEc )
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Economic importance:


Distributional range:

  • cultivated worldwide

References:

  • Adam, J.-G. 1971–. Flore descriptive des monts Nimba. (F MtNimba)
  • Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. (Leg WorldEc)
  • Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds. 1997. Auxiliary plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 11:199–203.
  • Graham, E. H. 1941. Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. USDA Misc. Publ. 412. (Leg ErWild) [= M. deeringiana].
  • Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984–. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim. (F Bhutan)
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
  • Huang, S. F. & T. C. Huang. 1987. Taxonomic treatment of the Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) of Taiwan. Taiwania 32:11-117. (Leg Taiwan)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Jardim e Museu Agricola do Ultramar, Portugal. 1971–1973. Flora da Guine Portuguesa. (F Guine Port)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [= M. deeringiana].
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
  • Verdcourt, B. 1979. A manual of New Guinea legumes. (Leg New Guinea)
  • Wilmot-Dear, C. M. 1984. Kew Bull. 39:63.
  • duCellier, J. 1999. pers. comm. [re. common names].

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck:

  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?310522 (22 November 2009)

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