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Mucuna macrocarpa

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Wallich

Propagation

A.C.S.

Common Names

• Da guo you ma teng (Pinyin)
• Pauk-net (Myanmar)
• Iru-kanda (Japan)
• Ujiru-kanda (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Bhutan
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan - China
• Sikkim - India
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• streamsides
• shrubland
• montane forests
• forest edges

Flowering Times

• Nov-May (China)
• May (Japan)

Fruiting Times

• Apr-Nov (China)

Large woody twining hairy liana with rusty-brown stinging hairs on young branches and leaves, trifoliolate coriaceous glabrescent pilose leaves, terminal leaflet to 110mm x 50mm. Cauliflorous glabrescent racemes or fascicles to 230mm long with rusty-brown stinging hairs, 80mm bicoloured greenish, pinkish-white, deep purple & yellowish-green flowers, calyx to 18mm long with teeth to 5mm long, standard to 45mm long, wings to 60mm, keel to 55mm long, velvety torulose pod to 500mm long x 50mm

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• NYBG
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• Thai F
• USNH
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• JAA
• FOJ
• ILDIS