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Mucuna gigantea ssp. quadrialata (Baker)Verdc.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna gigantea ssp. quadrialata (Baker)Verdc. [Preferred name]
    Mucuna longipedicellata Hauman {Synonym}
    Mucuna quadrialata Baker {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [1915, 3402]; Mauritius (N) [210]; Seychelles (N) [210]

  
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, 1915, 3402] ; Illustration [210, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [1941] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub [1941] [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3112] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

210.

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

1915.

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

1941.

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

3112.

  Hennessy, E.F., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Africa.Vol 50.Plate 1998.Mucuna gigantea

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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