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Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.)Wight & Arn.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.)Wight & Arn. [Preferred name]
    Carpopogon atropurpureum Roxb. {Synonym}
    Stizolobium atropurpureum (Roxb.)Kuntze {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bhainswalibel [3030]; Bu-chariya [3705]; Buchariwa [3705]; Ginipus-wel [3705]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
India (N) [3009, 3019, 3021, 3027, 3366]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3366]; Karnataka [3021]; Kerala [3366]; Maharashtra [3019]; Pondicherry [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]; Sri Lanka (N) [3705]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1963, 3386, 3517, 3705] ; Distribution Map [1963, 3517] ; Illustration [1963, 3517, 3593]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Further editing: 2005-04 Seneviratne GI (Sinhala & Tamil Names) ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Toxins [3030]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1963.

  Wilmot-Dear, C.M., 1983
    Kew Bull. 39(1): 23-65. A Revision of Mucuna.

3009.

  Pullaiah, T. & Chennaiah, E., 1997
    Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3019.

  Cooke, T., 1903
    The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay Vol.1

3021.

  Sharma, B.D. et al., 1984
    Flora of Karnataka. Analysis. B.S.I., Calcutta

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3030.

  Ambasta, S.P., 1986
    The useful plants of India

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3386.

  Pullaiah, T. & Ramamurthy, K.S., 2001
    Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol.2

3517.

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

3593.

  Matthew, K.M., 1996
    Illustrations on the Flora of the Plain Hills, South India.

3705.

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

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