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Taxonomy and Biology of Mucuna spp.

Notes and Caveats
This section of the "SeaBean" website is not just for sea-beans, but rather to provide data for all species of Mucuna.

Taxonomy   Taxonomic Literature on Mucuna spp. Is that a Mucuna or Dioclea? Nominal Species of Mucuna Botanical Databases and Species Lists How I measure seeds of Mucuna spp. Key characteristics of Mucuna spp. - coming "soon" Classification of the genus Mucuna

Unidentified Species Mucuna sp. #001 Mucuna sp. #003 - leaf photos Mucuna sp. #004 - the "other thick-banded" Mucuna sp. #005 - the "Red thick-banded" Mucuna sp. #006 - M. cf. membranacea; M. lamellata?

Identified Species Mucuna bennettii Mucuna deeringiana Mucuna diplax Mucuna elliptica - Guide Mucuna elliptica - Flowers Mucuna elliptica - Leaves & Pods Mucuna holtonii Mucuna gigantea Mucuna interrupta Mucuna macrocarpa Mucuna monosperma Mucuna monticola Mucuna mutisiana Mucuna pruriens Mucuna sloanei Mucuna urens - type of Mucuna

Similar to the long flower racemes of Mucuna bennettii is the flowers of Strongylodon macrobotrys