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Mucuna novoguineensis

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

R. Scheffer

Common Names

• Flame of the Forest
• New Guinea Creeper

Geographical Habitats

• Maluku - Indonesia
• Bismarck Archipelago - Papua New Guinea

Natural Habitats

• Coastal

Flowering Times

• Jan (Papua New Guinea)

Fruiting Times

Liana, large racemes to 1700mm of 65mm red flowers on old wood, lenticellate stems

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Herklots 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FNWNG
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS