Mucuna platyplekta Quisumb. & Merr.

Wiriadinata, H., Ohashi, H. & Adema, F., 2016, Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 16. The genus Mucuna, Blumea 61 (2), pp. 90-124 : 114

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X692799
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scientific name	Mucuna platyplekta Quisumb. & Merr.
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34. Mucuna platyplekta Quisumb. & Merr. View in CoL

Mucunaplatyplekta Quisumb. & Merr. (1928)152; Wilmot-Dear(1991b) 244,f.12, map 3. — Type: BS 47232 (Ramos & Edaño) (holo PNH †; iso NY, UC), Luzon , Isabela prov., San Mariano .

Distribution — Malesia: Philippines: Luzon.

Habitat & Ecology — Dry open forest, along streams.Altitude low. Fruiting: February to April.

Note — This species is only known in fruit. The fruits are similar to those of M. biplicata and M. diplax , which differ in the indumentum of twigs and inflorescence axes (appressed in M. biplicata and M. diplax , glabrous to thinly puberulous in M. platyplekta ), the indumentum of the lower surface of the leaflets (thinly strigose in M biplicata , very thinly sericeous in M. diplax , sericeous in M. platyphylla ) and the width of the horizontal part of the lamellae (1–4 mm in M. biplicata , 2 mm in M. diplax , 5–15 mm in M. platyplekta ).