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Mucuna novo-guineensis Scheff.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna novo-guineensis Scheff. [Preferred name]
    Mucuna kraetkei Warb. {Synonym}
    Mucuna lenticellosa K.Schum. {Synonym}
    Mucuna novaeguineensis Scheff. {Orthographic variant}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Flame Of The Forest [2264]; New Guinea Creeper [2264]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Indonesia (N) [261]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Moluccas (N) [261]; Sri Lanka (I) [3705]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (U) [261]; Fiji (I) [2264]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1984, 3653, 3705] ; Illustration [261, 3653]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1999-05 Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [1915, 2264, 3705]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

261.

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

1915.

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

1984.

  Wilmot-Dear, C.M., 1990
    Kew Bull. 45(1): 1-35 A revision of Mucuna in the Pacific

2264.

  Parham, J.W., 1972
    Plants of the Fiji Islands

3653.

  Anonymous, 1979
    Tropical Legumes:Resources for the Future. Washington.

3705.

  Maxwell, R.H., 1991
    In:Dassanayake,M.D. & Fosberg,F.R.(Eds.) A revised handbook
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