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Mucuna bracteata

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

A. de Candolle ex Kurz

Propagation

A.C.S.

Common Names

• Huang mao li dou (Pinyin)
• Nwe-bok (Myanmar)
• Wee-te (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Guangdong
• Hainan
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riversides
• grassland
• evergreen forest
• disturbed areas
• secondary growth
• bamboo thickets
• scrubland.

Flowering Times

• Jan-Feb (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

Vigorous annual twining hairy or glabrous liana or perennial evergreen vine with axillary grey-pubescent racemes to 410mm, 45mm long purple & black flowers with 43mm keel, calyx 10mm high with yellow pubescence & reddish bristles, standard 20mm x 15mm, wings 30mm x 7mm, keels 35mm x 5mm, hairy pod to 100mm long x 16mm, irritant brown hairs, 3-foliolate leaves glabrous above villous beneath

Further References

• FOC
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• Thai F
• USNH
• F Indochine