Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Mucuna ferox Verdc..

Mucuna ferox Verdc.

HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna ferox Verdc. [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone ; woodland. [299];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [299] ; Illustration [299]

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

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.		Lock, J.M., 1985
		Specimen in Herb.Kew

299.		Verdcourt, B., 1981
		Kew Bull.35:743-52.New taxa of Mucuna from E.Africa & Austr.