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Mucuna nigricans (Lour.)Steud.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna nigricans (Lour.)Steud. [Preferred name]
    Citta nigricans Lour. {Synonym}
    Mucuna atropurpurea auct. non (Roxb.)DC. {Misapplied}
    Mucuna gigantea var. nigricans (Lour.)DC. {Synonym}
    Mucuna imbricata Baker, p.p.A {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [1914, 3517]; India (N) [3038, 3040, 3375, 3517]; Andhra Pradesh [3517]; Arunachal Pradesh [3040]; Assam [3517]; Bihar [3517]; Haryana [3517]; Himachal Pradesh [3517]; Madhaya Pradesh [3375]; Manipur [3038]; Orissa [3517]; Sikkim [3038]; Tripura [3038]; Uttar Pradesh [3517]; West Bengal [3517]; Myanmar (N) [1914, 3517]; Nepal (N) [2898, 3369]; Pakistan (N) [1938]
  Indian Ocean
Andaman Is (N) [3026, 3038]; Nicobar Is (N) [3026, 3038]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [3026, 3386, 3517] ; Distribution Map [3517]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

2898.

  Ohashi, H., 1979
    Leguminosae In:Hara&Williams:EnumerationFlwingPl.Nepal2:103-

3026.

  Saxena, H.O. & Brahman, M., 1994
    The Flora of Orissa (Ranunculaceae to Fabaceae)

3038.

  Chaudhuri, A.B., 1985
    Environment and ... temperate forests of India

3040.

  Hajra, P.K. et al., 1996
    Materials for the Flora of Arunachal Pradesh Vol.1

3369.

  Shrestha, K.K., 1998
    Revised checklist of the Legumes of Nepal (manuscript)

3375.

  Singh, A.N., 1993
    In: Verma,D.M. & al. (Eds.) Flora of Madhya Pradesh, Vol.1.

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...
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