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Mucuna platyphylla

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

A. Gray

Common Names

• D'Albertis Creeper

Geographical Habitats

• Fiji
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Tahiti
• Tonga

Natural Habitats

• Virgin forest

Flowering Times

• Jun

Fruiting Times

Woody fulvo-pubescent climber with 3-foliolate leaves glabrous above, cymes of 60mm white to yellow-green flowers, legume hispid when young

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Herklots 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FV
• ILDIS