Mucuna urens (L.)Medikus

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Mucuna Adans.
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [1056][1442][1645]

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Other names:

• Dolichos altissimus Jacq. [Synonym] [1430][1645]
  
• Dolichos urens L.(1759) [Synonym] [1414][1645][1442][1430][1056][1409]
  
• Mucuna altissima (Jacq.)DC. [Synonym] [1409][1645][1442][1430]
  
• Stizolobium altissimum (Jacq.)Pers. [Synonym] [1430]
  

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Common Names:

• Fogarate [2157]
  
• Guaimate [2157]
  
• Ojo de Buey [2157]
  
• Ox-eye Bean [1056]
  
• Pica Pica [2157]
  
• Torteza [2157]
  
• Yeux Bourrique [2157]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• Caribbean [1056] [2157]
  • Cuba [1056]
  • Dominican Republic [1056] [2157]
  • Haiti [1056] [2157]
  • Jamaica [1056]
  • Puerto Rico [1056]
  • St Kitts-Nevis [1056]
  • Trinidad & Tobago [1056]

• Central America [2156]
  • Costa Rica [1645]
  • El Salvador [2156]
  • Guatemala [1645]
  • Panama [1224] [1645]

• Pacific Ocean [1939] [1949]
  • Hawaii [1949]

• South America [2285]
  • Brazil [1414] [1442] [1645]
  • French Guiana [2285]
  • Guyana [2285]
  • Peru [1442]
  • Surinam [2285]

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 14:19:57