Mucuna canaliculata Verdc.

Wiriadinata, H., Ohashi, H. & Adema, F., 2016, Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 16. The genus Mucuna, Blumea 61 (2), pp. 90-124 : 106

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https://doi.org/10.3767/000651916X692799

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scientific name

Mucuna canaliculata Verdc.
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9. Mucuna canaliculata Verdc. View in CoL

Mucuna canaliculata Verdc. (1978a) 460; (1979) 440. — Type: NGF 35864 (Streimann) ( BULOLO, CANB, K, L, LAE ), Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov., Wau Subprov., Upper Watut, Minnoa Creek .

Distribution — Malesia: Papua New Guinea: Morobe,W Highlands, Western Prov.

Habitat & Ecology — Foothill, montane or Castanopsis forest, swamp forest. Altitude (3 m, see Note) 1000–1600 m. Flowering:April, November; fruiting: June, September, October.

Note — The indumentum of the pods mainly consists of irritating hairs. The specimen NGF 18443 from Western Prov. was collected at an altitude of 3 m much lower than all other specimens. NGF 22604 from Morobe Prov. lacks stipellae and differs slightly in the size of the flower parts.

CANB

Australian National Botanic Gardens

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

L

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Mucuna

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