Mucuna sloanei Fawcett & Rendle

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Mucuna Adans.
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [216][1056][1470][1645]

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Other names:

• Dolichos urens Jacq. [Synonym] [1409][1430][1414]
  
• Dolichos urens L. [Synonym] [1159]
  
• Dolichos urens Jacq. [Synonym] [1342][1290]
  
• Mucuna urens (Jacq.)DC. [Synonym] [1159][1408][1409][1414]
  
• Mucuna urens sensu auct. [Misapplied] [212]
  

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Common Names:

• Brown Hamburger Bean [3135]
  
• Hamburger-bean [3134]
  
• Horse-eye Bean [1056]
  
• Ojo de Buey [2157]
  
• True Sea-bean [3134]
  
• Yeux Bourrique [2157]
  
• Z'yeux … Boeuf [1790]
  
• Z'yeux-bourrique [1790]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
  • 1999 Bisby FA
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Chemical products [1645]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [216]
  • Cameroon [212]
  • Equatorial Guinea-ISO [212]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [212]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Liberia [212]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Sao Tome & Principe [217]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • Togo [212]
  • Zaire [230]

• Caribbean [1056] [2157]
  • Dominican Republic [2157]
  • Haiti [2157]
  • Jamaica [1056]

• Central America [1117] [1188] [1470] [2156]
  • Belize [1242] [1645]
  • Costa Rica [1645]
  • El Salvador [1645] [2156]
  • Guatemala [1645]
  • Mexico(North & Central) [1470]
  • Mexico(South East) [1117] [1188]
  • Panama [1224] [1243]

• North America
  • United States [1430] [1431]

• South America [2285]
  • Argentina [1159]
  • Brazil [1159] [1231] [1233] [1414]
  • French Guiana [1408]
  • Guyana [2285]
  • Peru [1231] [1442]
  • Surinam [2285]

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Notes:

• Drift seed reported from beaches in Florida, USA. [3135]
  
• Drift seed reported from beaches in the Netherlands. [3134]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:57:35