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Mucuna sempervirens Hemsl.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna sempervirens Hemsl. [Preferred name]
    Mucuna japoica Nakai {Orthographic variant}
    Mucuna japonica Nakai {Synonym}
    Mucuna mairei H.Lev. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bhutan (N) [1947, 3517]; China (N) [1963, 3421]; Fujian [3421]; Guangdong [3421]; Guangxi [3421]; Guizhou [3421]; Hubei [3421]; Hunan [3421]; Jiangxi [3421]; Shaanxi [3421]; Sichuan [3421]; Yunnan [3421]; Zhejiang [3421]; India (N) [1914, 3119, 3517]; Manipur [3517]; Sikkim [3517]; West Bengal [3119]; Japan (I) [1953]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 3517]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1930, 1947, 1953, 1963, 3421] ; Distribution Map [1963, 3517] ; Illustration [1953, 2823]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub, Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1993 Polhill RM ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 Polhill RM, 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...

1930.

  Ohwi, J., 1965
    Flora of Japan. Washington: Smithsonian Institution

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.

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

3119.

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

3421.

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

3517.

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