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Mucuna gigantea ssp. gigantea (Willd.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna gigantea ssp. gigantea (Willd.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Carpogon giganteus (Willd.)Roxb. {Synonym}
    Mucuna toyoshimai Nakai {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
  Asia
Burma (N) [3514]; China (N) [261]; India (N) [261, 3514]; Indonesia (N) [261]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Japan (N) [3514]; Malaysia (N) [3514]; Myanmar (N) [3514]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [3514]; Philippines (N) [4019]; Thailand (N) [3514]; Vietnam (N) [3514]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [261, 2415]; New South Wales [2415]; Northern Territory [2415]; Queensland [2415]; Western Australia [2415]; Lord Howe I (N) [2415]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Solomon Is (N) [261]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1942, 3514, 3515, 4019] ; Distribution Map [4019]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] ; Habit: Herb, Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1995 (Australia) CAVP, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1942.

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

2415.

  CAVP - Database, Canberra, 1995
    Census Australian Vasc. Plants - Database,Bureau Fl. & Fauna

3514.

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

3515.

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

4019.

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