Mucuna monticola Zamora, Moura & Azevedo, 2012
Mucuna monticola, was described as a new species by Zamora, Moura & Azevedo in 2012,
in the journal
: Phytotaxa 60:1-8.
The article contains color photos of the flowers, pods, and leaves.
More AWESOME
photos of Mucuna monticola - by Suzanne L. Noel, in Costa Rica
Seeds of
Mucuna monticola.
Photo: © Suzanne Noel
Left: Developing buds.
Center and Right: Developing inflorescence.
Above 3 Photos: © Suzanne Noel
Left: Developing inflorescence.
Center: Inflorescence with mature flowers.
Right: Long peduncles!
Above 3 Photos: © Suzanne Noel
Left: Inflorescence (flower cluster) of
Mucuna monticola; note the long golden hairs of the calyx.
Right: Opened flower of
Mucuna monticola showing the pistil and the diadelphous nature (9+1) of the stamens.
Above 2 Photos: © Suzanne Noel
Left: Developing pod.
Center: Nearly mature pod.
Right: Mature pods on long peduncle.
Above 3 Photos: © Marco Acuno
Mature pod of
Mucuna monticola.
Photo: © Marco Acuno
Pods (fruit) of
Mucuna monticola.
Above 2 Photos: © Suzanne Noel
The flowers of several species of Mucuna are pollinated by bats!
The bats may be feeding on the nectar of the flowers or perhaps eating insects that frequent the flowers.
The two above images of Mucuna monticola and Underwood's Long-Tailed Bat (Hylonycteris underwood)
were kindly provided and used (embedded) by permission of Getty Images.
Left: Getty Image No. 73805863; Right: Getty Image No. 73806455; Photo credit, both images: Michael & Patricia Fogden.
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Mucuna monticola is one of several species of
Mucuna which occur in Costa Rica.
Of those,
Mucuna monticola and
Mucuna killipiana and
Mucuna mutisiana
have been noted to be "superficially similar".
(See:
Moura et al, 2012)
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