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Mucuna gigantea (Willd.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna gigantea (Willd.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Dolichos gigantea Willd. {Orthographic variant}
    Dolichos giganteus Willd. {Synonym}
    Mucuna grevei Drake {Synonym}
    Mucuna tashiroi Hayata {Synonym}
    Stizolobium giganteum (Willd.)Spreng. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Elaphant Cowitch [3030]; Feseka Uli [2266]; Kana-pus-waela [3705]; Liane Cadoque [1941]; Liane Caiman [1941]; Mort aux Rats [3061]; Sea Bean [2968]; Tutae Pua [2968]; Wakore [2264]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3026, 3517]; Burma (N) [3514]; China (N) [210, 261, 1914, 3514]; Hainan (N) [3421]; India (N) [210, 261, 3019, 3027, 3040, 3119, 3366, 3374, 3376, 3514]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3366]; Kerala [3374]; Maharashtra [3019]; Orissa [3376]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [3119]; Indonesia (N) [210, 261, 3004, 3898, 3967]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Japan (N) [1963, 3514]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Malaysia (N) [210, 2111, 3004]; Moluccas (N) [3004]; Myanmar (N) [1942, 3514, 3517]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [1942, 3090, 3963]; Sabah (N) [3004]; Sarawak (N) [3004]; Singapore (N) [2111]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957, 3705]; Sumatera (N) [3967]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 3421]; Thailand (N) [3514]; Vietnam (N) [1942, 3514]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [210, 261, 3112]; New Caledonia (N) [1984]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [1914, 3517]; Comoro Is (U) [3402]; Madagascar (N) [1915, 3402]; Mauritius (N) [210]; Nicobar Is (N) [1914, 3612]; Reunion (N) [1915]; Rodrigues (N) [1915]; Seychelles (N) [210, 1941]
  Pacific Ocean
American Samoa (N) [1984]; Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Cook Is (N) [1984]; Fiji (N) [1984, 2264]; Gilbert Is (N) [2235]; Hawaii (N) [1949]; Niue (N) [1984, 2266]; Northern Marianas (N) [2235]; Samoa-JML (N) [1984]; Society Is (N) [1984, 2968]; Solomon Is (N) [261]; Tonga (N) [1984]; Vanuatu (N) [1984]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; bushland and thicket [210];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [210];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [210];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; forest [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 1915, 1929, 1941, 1942, 1963, 1984, 3026, 3057, 3060, 3112, 3386, 3402, 3421, 3514, 3515, 3517, 3705, 3898, 4019] ; Distribution Map [1984, 3517] ; Illustration [210, 261, 1984, 3112, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [1915] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb, Shrub [261] [1915] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [3112] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 1999-05 Heald J, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS

  
USES:
  Toxins [3061]

  
NOTES:
  Fruit has dense stiff, irritant bristles. [261]
  Indigenous to the Seychelles. [1941]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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    Specimen in Herb.Kew

210.

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

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
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1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1929.

  Huang, T.C. & Ohashi, H., 1977
    In:Li,H.L. et al.(Eds.) Flora of Taiwan, Vol.3:148-421.

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
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1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

1942.

  Thuan, N., 1979
    In:Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam. Vol.17

1949.

  Wagner, W.L. et al, 1990
    Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii, Vol.1.

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

1963.

  Wilmot-Dear, C.M., 1983
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1984.

  Wilmot-Dear, C.M., 1990
    Kew Bull. 45(1): 1-35 A revision of Mucuna in the Pacific

2111.

  Ridley, H.N., 1922
    Flora of the Malay Peninsula Vol I

2235.

  Fosberg, F.R. et al., 1979
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2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
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2266.

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2968.

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3004.

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3019.

  Cooke, T., 1903
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  Baker, J.G., 1877
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3090.

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3112.

  Hennessy, E.F., 1989
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3119.

  Das Das, S.K. et al., 1992
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3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
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3374.

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3376.

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    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3386.

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    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3402.

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    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3421.

  Lee, S.K. & Chang, B.N., 1995
    Erythrina &... In:Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 41 (Leguminosae 3)

3514.

  Wilmot-Dear, C.M., 1992
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3515.

  Wilmot-Dear, C.M., 1984
    Kew Bull.39:23-65. A revision of Mucuna (Leguminosae...

3517.

  Wilmot-Dear, C.M., 1987
    Kew Bull.42:23-46. A revision of Mucuna in the Indian...

3612.

  Sinha, B.K., 1999
    Flora of Great Nicobar Island. Calcutta.

3705.

  Maxwell, R.H., 1991
    In:Dassanayake,M.D. & Fosberg,F.R.(Eds.) A revised handbook

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3963.

  Merrill, E.D., 1923
    An Enumeration of Philippine Flowering Plants 2(3):241-323

3967.

  Miquel, F.A.W., 1862
    Sumatra,seine Pflanzenwelt und Deren Erzeugnisse. Fleischer.

4019.

  Wilmot-Dear, C.M., 1991
    Kew Bull.46(2):213-251 Mucuna in the Philippines
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