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Mucuna macrocarpa Wall.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna macrocarpa Wall. [Preferred name]
    Mucuna bodinieri H.Lev. {Synonym}
    Mucuna castanea Merr. {Synonym}
    Mucuna colletii Lace {Synonym}
    Mucuna ferruginea Matsum. {Synonym}
    Mucuna ferruginea var. bungoensis (Ohwi)Ohwi {Synonym}
    Mucuna ferruginea var. irukanda (Ohwi)Ohwi {Synonym}
    Mucuna irukanda Ohwi {Synonym}
    Mucuna irukanda var. bungoensis Ohwi {Synonym}
    Mucuna subferrunginea Hayata {Synonym}
    Mucuna wangii Hu {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bhutan (N) [1947]; China (N) [1963, 3421, 3514]; Guangdong [3421]; Guangxi [3421]; Guizhou [3421]; Yunnan [3421]; Hainan (N) [3421]; India (N) [1914, 1947, 3038, 3040, 3043, 3119, 3366]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3366]; Manipur [3038]; Meghalaya [3043]; Sikkim [1947]; West Bengal [3119]; Japan (N) [1953]; Laos (N) [1942, 3514]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 3514, 3517]; Nepal (N) [1914, 2898, 3369]; Ryukyu Is (N) [1953]; Taiwan (N) [1929, 1953, 3421]; Thailand (N) [1953, 3514]; Vietnam (N) [1942, 3514]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1929, 1942, 1947, 1953, 1963, 3043, 3421, 3514] ; Distribution Map [2843] ; Illustration [1929, 1947, 1953, 1964, 2823, 3514]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb, Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1993 Polhill RM ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Medicine [2828]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1914.

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

1929.

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

1942.

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

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

1953.

  Tateishi, Y. & Ohashi, H., 1981
    Bot. Mag. Tokyo 94:91-105. Eastern Asiatic sp of Mucuna..

1963.

  Wilmot-Dear, C.M., 1983
    Kew Bull. 39(1): 23-65. A Revision of Mucuna.

1964.

  Huang, S.F., 1991
    Wageningen Agricultural University Papers No. 90.8.

2823.

  Ohashi, H., 1989
    In:Satake.Wild Flws of Japan,Woody Pls.1:229-256. Legumin.

2828.

  Hotta, M et al, 1989
    Sekai Yuhyou-shokubutu(Useful Pls. of World) Heibonsha.Tokyo

2843.

  Ohashi, H. & Tateishi, Y., 1976
    Mucuna macrocarpa & M.gigantea in Ja.&Form.J.Jap.Bot.51:161-

2898.

  Ohashi, H., 1979
    Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

3038.

  Chaudhuri, A.B., 1985
    Environment and ... temperate forests of India

3040.

  Hajra, P.K. et al., 1996
    Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh Vol.1

3043.

  Balakrishnan, N.P., 1981
    Flora of Jowai and vicinity Meghalaya Vol.1

3119.

  Das Das, S.K. et al., 1992
    J.Econ.Tax.Bot. 16(2):305-334 A census ... Papilionaceae...

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3421.

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

3514.

  Wilmot-Dear, C.M., 1992
    Kew Bull.47:203-245. A revision of Mucuna in Thailand...

3517.

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