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Mucuna platyphylla A.Gray

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna platyphylla A.Gray [Preferred name]
    Mucuna albertisii F.Muell. {Synonym}
    Mucuna forbesii Baker f. {Synonym}
    Mucuna platyphylla var. neocaledonica Baker f. {Synonym}
    Mucuna ponapeana Hosok. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  D'Albertis Creeper [261]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Indonesia (N) [261]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Moluccas (N) [261]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Indian Ocean
Christmas I (I) [3920]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Fiji (N) [2968]; Society Is (N) [2968]; Solomon Is (N) [261]; Tonga (N) [2968]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1984, 3920] ; Illustration [261, 1984, 3920]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] ; Habit: Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1999-05 Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

  
NOTES:
  Frequently misdetermined as M.stanleyi. [261]
  Very strong climber; may smother secondary growth and small trees. [3920]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

261.

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

1984.

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

2968.

  Welsh, S.L., 1998
    Flora Societensis

3890.

  Lock, J.M. & Ford, 2004
    Legumes of Malesia: A check-list. RBG Kew.

3920.

  DuPuy, D.J.& Telford, I.R.H., 1993
    Flora of Austalia 50 Oceanic Islands 2:188-236
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