Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Mucuna stanleyi C.T.White.

Mucuna stanleyi C.T.White

HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Mucuna Adans.

Mucuna stanleyi C.T.White [Preferred name]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

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

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

NOTES:
  Fruit has a dense covering of irritant bristles. [261]


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.