Mucuna paniculata Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Mucuna

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

Dry, subhumid and humid montane evergreen forests, often along stream or river margins; at elevations up to 2,500 metres.
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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 21 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Distribution

Mucuna paniculata world distribution map, present in Madagascar

Conservation status

Mucuna paniculata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:509264-1
WFO ID wfo-0000196551
COL ID 44HQ9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mucuna paniculata Mucuna horrida Mucuna myriaptera