Mucuna poggei Taubert

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Mucuna Adans.
Tribe: Phaseoleae
References: [210]

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Other names:

• Mucuna pesa De Wild. [Synonym] [210]
  
• Mucuna rubro-aurantiaca De Wild. [Synonym] [210]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Chemical products [213]
  
• Toxins [210] [213]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa [561]
  • Angola-ISO [210]
  • Burundi [8]
  • Cameroon [210]
  • Central African Rep. [210]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [224]
  • Ivory Coast [8]
  • Kenya [210]
  • Liberia [8]
  • Malawi [210]
  • Mali [561]
  • Mozambique [210]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • Sudan [210]
  • Tanzania [210]
  • Togo [212]
  • Uganda [210]
  • Zaire [210]
  • Zambia [210]
  • Zimbabwe [210]

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Notes:

• Three varieties,poggei,pesa & glabrescens (FTEA,ref.210). See next note.
  
• A var.occidentalis distinguished by Hepper,FWTA (ref.212).Not mentd.in FTEA.
  
• Extremely irritant hairs on pods and calyx.(JML personal experience & FTEA).
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:57:34