Mucuna platyphylla A.Gray

A climbing legume. It grows 5-20 m long. It has a brown rusty appearance and short hairs on the stem and leaves. The leaf stalk is 3.5-10 cm long. The leaves are compound. The leaflets are 6-16 cm long by 6-13 cm wide. They taper at the tip. Normally there are a clump of white or yellow flowers together. They are on a stalk 7-25 cm long. This stalk zigzags. The flower stalks are 2 cm long. The pod has wings along the edge and sides. The pod is 6-11 cm long. The seeds can be black or grey. They are 1.7 cm long by 1.4 cm wide. The hilum is black.

Primary and secondary forests, disturbed forests, open woodland, Sago swamp, regrowth bordering roads, along rivers; at elevations up to 800 metres. Rainforest and bush in New Guinea; at elevations up to 2,000 metres.

The seeds are cooked and eaten.

It grows wild.