Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC.
FABACEAE
- Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC.
Nomencl. ref.: Prodromus 2 1825
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Seabean
English name: black-bean English name: velvet-bean
Grown habit: Vine
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Mucuna
Species:
Page counter: 781 ( AVG: 222.29 / 291.374 )
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Mucuna gigantea
Flowers at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Mucuna gigantea
Draping habit at Kakipi Gulch Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Mucuna gigantea
Flowers at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Mucuna gigantea
Draping habit at Kakipi Gulch Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (Hawaii)
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. [377]
2) Mucuna urens (L.) Medik. [595]
3) Muehlenbeckia axillaris auct. non (Hook. f.) Walp. [112]
4) Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F. Muell.) Lindau [245]
5) Muhlenbergia bushii Pohl [185]
6) Muhlenbergia commutata (Scribn.) Bush [131]
7) Muhlenbergia glomerata (Willd.) Trin. [353]
8) Muhlenbergia mexicana (L.) Trin. var. filiformis (Willd.) Scribn. [140]
9) Muhlenbergia porteri Scribn. ex Beal [462]
10) Muhlenbergia uniflora (Muhl.) Fernald [789]
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