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Mucuna pruriens

Plants

Family: Fabaceae · Genus: Mucuna

Mucuna pruriens

Tracey Slotta @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database · public_domain

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Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume native to Africa and tropical Asia and widely naturalized and cultivated. Its English common names include monkey tamarind, velvet bean, Bengal velvet bean, Florida velvet bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Yokohama velvet bean, cowage, cowitch, lacuna bean, and Lyon bean.

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Growing details and traits for Mucuna pruriens in the Library.

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