Mucuna

Plants

119 species in the Library

About

Mucuna is a genus of vines and shrubs of the legume family Fabaceae: tribe Phaseoleae. It has a pan-tropical distribution and contains 112 accepted species as of July 2025. The genus was created in 1763 by French botanist Michel Adanson.

Summary from Wikipedia

Mucuna acuminata

Mucuna aimun

Mucuna analuciana

Mucuna angustifolia

Mucuna argentea

Mucuna argyrophylla

Mucuna atropurpurea

Mucuna aurea

Mucuna bennettii

Mucuna biplicata

Mucuna birdwoodiana

Mucuna bodinieri

Mucuna brachycarpa

Mucuna bracteata

Mucuna cajamarca

Mucuna calophylla

Mucuna canaliculata

Mucuna championiae

Mucuna championii

Mucuna chiapaneca

Mucuna coriacea

Mucuna cuatrecasasii

Mucuna curranii

Mucuna cyclocarpa

Mucuna diabolica

Mucuna diplax

Mucuna discolor

Mucuna ecuatoriana

Mucuna elliptica

Mucuna elmeri

Mucuna eurylamellata

Mucuna ferox

Mucuna flagellipes

Mucuna gigantea

Mucuna glabra

Mucuna glabrialata

Mucuna globulifera

Mucuna gracilipes

Mucuna guangxiensis

Mucuna hainanensis

Mucuna havilandii

Mucuna hirtipetala

Mucuna holtonii

Mucuna hooglandii

Mucuna humblotii

Mucuna imbricata

Mucuna incurvata

Mucuna interrupta

Mucuna japira

Mucuna jarocha

Mucuna kabaenensis

Mucuna kawakabuti

Mucuna keyensis

Mucuna killipiana

Mucuna klitgaardiae

Mucuna kostermansii

Mucuna lamellata

Mucuna lamii

Mucuna laticifera

Mucuna longipedunculata

Mucuna macrobotrys

Mucuna macrocarpa

Mucuna macrophylla

Mucuna macropoda

Mucuna manongarivensis

Mucuna melanocarpa

Mucuna membranacea

Mucuna mindorensis

Mucuna miogigantea

Mucuna mitis

Mucuna mollis

Mucuna mollissima

Mucuna monosperma

Mucuna monticola

Mucuna mooneyi

Mucuna mutisiana

Mucuna myriaptera

Mucuna neocaledonica

Mucuna nivea

Mucuna novoguineensis

Mucuna occidentalis

Mucuna oligoplax

Mucuna pachycarpa

Mucuna pacifica

Mucuna pallida

Mucuna paniculata

Mucuna papuana

Mucuna persericea

Mucuna pesa

Mucuna platyphylla

Mucuna platyplekta

Mucuna poggei

Mucuna pruriens

Mucuna pseudoelliptica

Mucuna reptans

Mucuna reticulata

Mucuna revoluta

Mucuna rostrata

Mucuna sakapipei

Mucuna samarensis

Mucuna sanjappae

Mucuna schlechteri

Mucuna sempervirens

Mucuna sericophylla

Mucuna sloanea

Mucuna sloanei

Mucuna stanleyi

Mucuna stans

Mucuna stenoplax

Mucuna subumbellata

Mucuna sumbawaensis

Mucuna tapantiana

Mucuna thailandica

Mucuna tomentosa

Mucuna toppingii

Mucuna urens

Mucuna verdcourtii

Mucuna warburgii

Mucuna yadaviana