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Fabaceae
Mucuna

*Mucuna pruriens (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Velvetbean, Bengal Bean, Florida Bean. Phenology: Feb-Jun. Habitat: Disturbed areas, fields, cultivated and sporadically established in disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of se. Asia.

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Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Other Comments: The orange hairs present on the seed pods of this species produce the protein mucanain, which causes severe itching to human skin upon contact.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, Fl3, FNA11.1, K4, SE3, WH3, Isely (1998), Moura et al (2013); Dolichos pruriens L. = n/a — RAB; > Mucuna deeringiana (Bort) Merr.; > Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens — NS, POWO, WI; > Mucuna pruriens var. utilis — NS, POWO; > Stizolobium deeringianum Bort — S. Basionym: Dolichos pruriens L. 1754

Links to other floras: = Mucuna pruriens - FNA11.1

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