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Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens (L.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens (L.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Carpogon capitatus Roxb. {Synonym}
    Carpogon niveus Roxb. {Synonym}
    Marcanthus cochinchinense Lour. {Synonym}
    Mucuna cochinchinense (Lour.)A.Chev. {Synonym}
    Mucuna luzoniensis Merr. {Synonym}
    Mucuna lyonii Merr. {Synonym}
    Mucuna sericophylla Perkins {Synonym}
    Mucuna velutina Hassk. {Synonym}
    Negretia mitis Blanco {Synonym}
    Stizolobium capitatum (Roxb.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Stizolobium cochinchinense (Lour.)Burk {Synonym}
    Stizolobium niveum (Roxb.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Stizolobium velutinum (Hassk.)Piper & Tracy {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Cowage [3705]; Cowhage [3705]; Cowitch [3705]; Goncha [3030]; Kaunch [3030]; Kiwach [3030]; Pois a Gratter [1915]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [1985]; Burundi (N) [1985]; Cameroon (N) [1985]; Chad (N) [1985]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [1985]; Ethiopia (N) [1985]; Ghana (N) [1985]; Guinea (N) [1985]; Ivory Coast (N) [1985]; Kenya (N) [1985]; Liberia (N) [1985]; Malawi (N) [1985]; Mozambique (N) [1985]; Nigeria (N) [1985]; Principe (N) [1985]; Sao Tome (N) [1985]; Senegal (N) [1985]; Sierra Leone (N) [1985]; South Africa (N) [1985]; Sudan (N) [1985]; Tanzania (N) [1985]; Togo (N) [1985]; Uganda (N) [1985]; Zaire (N) [1985]; Zambia (N) [1985]; Zimbabwe (N) [1985]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3517]; Bhutan (N) [1947]; Cambodia (N) [1942, 3514]; China (N) [1963, 3421, 3514]; Guangxi [3421]; Guizhou [3421]; Yunnan [3421]; Hainan (N) [3421]; India (N) [1914, 1947, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3038, 3092, 3094, 3101, 3140, 3142, 3366, 3371, 3372, 3374, 3375, 3377, 3517, 3584]; Andhra Pradesh [3517]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3038]; Bihar [3371]; Dadra-Nagar-Haveli [3094]; Delhi [3372]; Goa [3094]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3140]; Jammu-Kashmir [3584]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3374]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Maharashtra [3101]; Manipur [3142]; Meghalaya [3517]; Nagaland [3517]; Orissa [3517]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3377]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [1947]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3092]; Uttar Pradesh [3517]; West Bengal [3517]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [1942]; Japan (N) [3514]; Jawa (N) [1969]; Laos (N) [1942]; Malaysia (N) [3514, 3517]; Myanmar (N) [3517]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3514]; Philippines (N) [1942, 3514]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957, 3705]; Thailand (N) [3514]; Vietnam (N) [1942, 3514]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [3366]; Madagascar (N) [210]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Solomon Is (N) [261]
  South America
Venezuela (U) [1190]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 230, 261, 1915, 1947, 1963, 3026, 3386, 3421, 3514, 3515, 3517, 3705, 4019] ; Distribution Map [3517, 4019] ; Illustration [210, 261, 3386, 3421, 3514, 4019]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [3057] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [261] [1915], Shrub ; Lifespan: Annual [261] [1915], Perennial [261] [1915] ; Source(s): 1992 (Phytochem.) Southon I & Bowes I, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova

  
USES:
  Chemical products [3030]; Environmental [4019]; Food and Drink [3030, 3587]; Forage [4019]; Medicine [1938, 3587, 3705]; Miscellaneous [3587]; Toxins [3030]

  
NOTES:
  Var.pruriens: very irritant, windbourne bristles; Pen.Malaysia & Philippines [4019]
  Var.utilis (Wight)Burck: lacks bristles; Bismarck Arch. & Philippines(cult.) [261]
  Var.sericophylla (Perkins)Wilmot-Dear: very irritant bristles; Philippines. [4019]

  
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