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Mucuna gigantea ssp. quadrialata

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Baker) Verdcourt

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Comoros
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Seychelles
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Riverside

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun

Fruiting Times

Vigorous glabrous twining liana, glabrous leaflets to 100mm long, coriaceous 4-winged pods to 125mm long x 45mm with irritant golden hairs, pale green flowers in clusters, yellow bristly calyx to 10mm long, standard to 30mm, keel to 40mm

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Mobot
• FOM
• FOTA
• ILDIS