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Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck
velvet bean
       
Symbol:   MUPRU  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Fabaceae  
Duration:   Annual  
Growth Habit:   Vine
Forb/herb 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N



   
Other common names:
  cowitch
  Florida velvet-bean
  Bengal velvet-bean
  cowage velvet-bean
 
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Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck

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

  MUAT2 Mucuna aterrima (Piper & Tracy) Holland
  MUDE2 Mucuna deeringiana (Bort) Merr.
  STAT3 Stizolobium aterrimum Piper & Tracy
  STDE Stizolobium deeringianum Bort
  STVE5 Stizolobium velutinum (Hassk.) Piper & Tracy
 

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

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

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 6 species in Mucuna, 2 varieties in Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
 

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

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus Mucuna Adans. – mucuna
Species Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. – velvet bean
Variety Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck – velvet bean
 

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529235.
 
 
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