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Mucuna interrupta

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Gagnepain

Common Names

• Jian xu you ma teng (Pinyin)
• Baldhendro (Nepali)
• Dhoireti (Nepali)
• Atkir (Satar)
• Etka (Satar)
• Lipai (Philippines)

Geographical Habitats

• Cambodia
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Thailand. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Mixed forest disturbed areas
• secondary growth
• forest edge
• forest
• riverside
• bamboo forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Aug (China)
• Apr-Sep (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

• Oct (China)
• Sep-Oct (Thailand)

Tall perennial woody twiner, glabrous stems, 3-foliolate glabrous leaves sometimes with hairs beneath, glabrous or sparsely whitish-hairy with axillary racemes to 240mm of 55mm white or pink or dark purple flowers, calyx villous outside with bristles & 8mm long lobes, standard to 35mm long x 18mm, wings & keel to 60mm x 10mm. Bristly brownish-yellow pod to 250mm long x 70mm, with reddish hairs & irritant bristles, marginal wings to 15mm

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Thai F
• F Indochine
• Manandhar 2002
• JDH
• USNH