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Mucuna coriacea ssp. irritans (Burtt Davy)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna coriacea ssp. irritans (Burtt Davy)Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Mucuna coriacea sensu Hauman {Misapplied}
    Mucuna irritans Burtt Davy {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Malawi (N) [270]; Mozambique (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210]; Swaziland (N) [270]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zimbabwe (N) [210]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional transition zone; woodland. [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210] ; Illustration [410]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

270.

  Verdcourt, B., 1970
    Kew Bull.24:235-307. Studies in FTEA Leg.-Pap.: II

410.

  Onderstall, J., 1984
    Transvaal Lowveld & Escarpment... South Afr.Wild Fl.Guide 4.

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