Mucuna brachycarpa Rech.

Wiriadinata, H., Ohashi, H. & Adema, F., 2016, Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 16. The genus Mucuna, Blumea 61 (2), pp. 90-124 : 105

7. Mucuna brachycarpa Rech.

Mucuna brachycarpa Rech.(1913) 562;Verdc.(1978a) 459;(1979) 439,pl.A, f. 106C; Wilmot-Dear (1990) 11. — Type: Rechinger 4807 (W n.v.), Bougainville, Kieta .

Distribution — Malesia: Papua New Guinea: Bougainville; Solomon Islands; Fiji.

Habitat & Ecology — Old secondary forest, along creeks, in swamp forest. Altitude up to 600 m. Flowering: April to November.

Note — The original description was based on a single pod. According to Verdcourt (1979) the common yellow-flowered Mucuna of the Solomons most probably belongs to the same species. Merrill & Perry (1942: 405) associated the pod with a specimen collected by Brass on Bougainville (Brass 3514 n.v.). This specimen is the type of M. subumbellata . Wilmot-Dear (1990) notes that two specimens from Santa Ysabel (BSIP 2245) and Guadalcanal (R 55613) should be included here. Verdcourt (1978a: 459) mentioned these specimens as ‘Sp. C’. The description of the pods and seeds were taken from the description by Wilmot-Dear (1990).