Code
MUCPR
climber
Biological cycle
annual
Habitat
terrestrial
synonym | Carpogon capitatus Roxb. |
synonym | Carpogon niveus Roxb. |
synonym | Carpopogon atropurpureum Roxb. |
synonym | Carpopogon pruriens (L.) Roxb. |
synonym | Dolichos pruriens L. |
synonym | Marcanthus cochinchinense Lour. |
synonym | Mucuna atropurpurea sensu auct. |
synonym | Mucuna atropurpurea Sensu auct. |
synonym | Mucuna axillaris Baker |
synonym | Mucuna bernieriana Baill. |
synonym | Mucuna cochinchinense (Lour.) A.Chev. |
synonym | Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.) A.Chev. |
synonym | Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.)A.Chev. |
synonym | Mucuna esquirolii H.Lev. |
synonym | Mucuna esquirolii H.Lév. |
synonym | Mucuna luzoniensis Merr. |
synonym | Mucuna lyonii Merr. |
synonym | Mucuna minima Haines |
synonym | Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) DC. |
synonym | Mucuna nivea (Roxb.)DC. |
synonym | Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens |
synonym | Mucuna prurita (L.) Hook. |
synonym | Mucuna prurita (L.)Hook. |
synonym | Mucuna prurita Hook. |
synonym | Mucuna sericophylla Perkins |
synonym | Mucuna velutina Hassk. |
synonym | Negretia mitis Blanco |
synonym | Stizolobium atropurpureum (Roxb.)Kuntze |
synonym | Stizolobium capitatum (Roxb.) Kuntze |
synonym | Stizolobium cochinchinense (Lour.) Burk |
synonym | Stizolobium niveum (Roxb.) Kuntze |
synonym | Stizolobium pruritum (Wight) Piper |
synonym | Stizolobium pruritum (Wight)Piper |
synonym | Stizolobium velutinum (Hassk.) Piper & Tracy |
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Global description
Mucuna pruriens is a climbing herbaceous plant, annual or perennial, short-lived, reaching 18 m long. The ends of the branches, the leaves on their 2 sides and calyx are covered with a silvery white applied pubescence . The leaves are alternate, compound trifoliate, with pointed mucronate leaflets at the end, unequal, the central oval, the sides with highly asymmetrical base. Flowers are papilionaceae type, dark purple in color, grouped by 2 or 3 in axillary inflorescence and is 50 cm long. The fruit is an elongated pod, covered with dense pubescence of very stinging yellow hairs. It contains 5 to 8 oblong ellipsoidal seeds whose color varies from white to black.Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Mayotte: Mucuna pruriens flowers from April to June and fruits from May to October.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Mucuna pruriens is an annual plant that reproduces by seeds. The germination of seeds is favored by bush-fire.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Identification key for lianescent Fabaceae
Bipinnate leaves | 1-2 pairs of pinnae | Mimosa pudica | |||||||||
3-9 pairs of pinnae | Mimosa diplotricha | ||||||||||
Pinnate leaves | Clitoria heterophylla | ||||||||||
Trifoliate leaves | symmetrical lateral leaflets | leaflets elliptical or oval | terminal leaflet equal to the side | Teramnus labialis | |||||||
terminal leaflet larger than the side | very marked ribs | Cajanus scarabaeoides | |||||||||
ribs lightly marked | Desmodium ascendens | ||||||||||
narrow lanceolate leaflets (2 cm) | Macroptilium lathyroides | ||||||||||
wide acuminate leaflets | stem trigonal and scabrous at the angles | Desmodium intortum | |||||||||
cylindrical stem | leaflets with a silver stain | petiolules 2mm | Desmodium incanum | ||||||||
petiolules 5 to 15 mm | Desmodium uncinatum | ||||||||||
green uniform leaflets | Large terminal leaflet (7 cm) | Centrosema pubescens | |||||||||
very large terminal leaflet (15 cm) | Centrosema plumieri | ||||||||||
lateral leaflets asymmetrical | wider than long terminal leaflet | Rhynchosia malacophylla | |||||||||
terminal leaflet as wide as long | Large leaves (15cm) | Rhynchosia viscosa | |||||||||
Small leaves (7 cm) | Rhynchosia minima | ||||||||||
elongated terminal leaflet | lateral leaflets with a single rounded lobe | Macroptilium atropurpureum | |||||||||
lateral leaflets without lobe | Large stipules (6mm) | Lablab purpureus | |||||||||
Small stipules (2mm) | Mucuna pruriens |
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Mayotte: Mucuna pruriens is an exotic liana that is fairly common in a wide range of secondarized environments. It is present from the coast to the hygrophilic region in degraded environments, along roadsides, in crops and pastures, along forest trails and in windfalls.
West Indies: Mucuna pruriens is an exotic species. This plant is common in hedges, coppices and scrub in low-lying areas. In Martinique, it is abundant on the entire North Caribbean coast from Schoelcher to Prêcheur.
Attributions | wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Origin
Mucuna pruriens is native to the old tropical world (Africa, India, Asia).
Worldwide distribution
This species is now pantropical.
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Local harmfulness
Mayotte: Mucuna pruriens is an uncommon weed, present in 1% of cultivated plots. It grows mainly in food crops and mainly in the center of the island.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Agronomical: The form with glabrous pods of Mucuna pruriens is used as a cover crop; see the following documents:
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Mucuna%2520pruriens
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Fabales |
Family | Fabaceae |
Genus | Mucuna |
Species | Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. |