Mucuna Adans. subg. Stizolobium (P.Browne) Baker, 1879
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Mucuna Adans. subg. Stizolobium (P.Browne) Baker |
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Mucuna Adans. subg. Stizolobium (P.Browne) Baker
Subg. Stizolobium (P.Browne) Baker (1879) 186; Burck (1893) 187; Prain (1897a) 68; (1897b) 409; Merr. (1910) 115; Wilmot-Dear (1984) 59. — Stizolobium P. Browne (1756) 290,t. 31, f. 4. — Mucuna Adans. sect. Stizolobium (P.Browne) DC. (1825) 405; Wight & Arn. (1834) 254; Miq. (1855) 211; Benth. & Hook. (1867) 533; Taubert (1894) 366. — Lectotype (Piper & Tracey 1910: 8): Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Macranthus Lour. (1790) 461, ‘ Marcanthus ’. — Type: Mucuna cochinchinensis Lour.
Lianas or ± herbaceous climbers, very rarely treelets ( M. stans ). Leaflets ± crenate, secondary nerves ending in or anastomosing at the margin. All anthers glabrous. Ovary S-shaped. Pods straight to S-shaped, valves longitudinally ribbed or not. Seeds rather small, ± bean-shaped; hilum 4–7 mm long, 1/8–1/3 of the circumference, with rim aril.
Distribution — Tropics and subtropics of the world. Mucuna pruriens var. utilis is widely cultivated. In Africa the subgenus is represented by: M. coriacea Baker , M. ferox Verdc. , M. glabrialata (Hauman) Verdc. , M. melanocarpa Hochst. ex A.Rich. , M. poggei Taub. , M. pruriens (L.) DC., M. stans Welw. ; in Asia by: M. bracteata Roxb. ex Kurz , M. diabolica , M. papuana Adema , M. pruriens , M. sericophylla Perkins ; in Australia by: M. diabolica subsp. kenneally Verdc. , M. reptans Verdc. ; and in the Americas by: M. pruriens .
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