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Mucuna mollissima Kurz

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna mollissima Kurz [Preferred name]
    Mucuna baileyana Merr. & L.M.Perry {Synonym}
    Mucuna clemensiae Merr. & L.M.Perry {Synonym}
    Mucuna cyanosperma K.Schum. {Synonym}
    Mucuna urens var. papuana F.M.Bailey {Synonym}
    Stizolobium mollissimum K.Schum. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Asia
Indonesia (N) [261]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Moluccas (N) [261]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Pacific Ocean
Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261]; Solomon Is (N) [261]

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

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] ; Habit: Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005)

  
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

3890.

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