Mucuna pruriens - Seeds
Mucuna pruriens
Mucuna Pruriens is a tropical, annual or perennial short -lived plant. The mucuna is climbing and reaches up to 6 meters high relying on other plants or supports. It is cultivated mainly as food, as green fertilizer, or for the pharmaceutical industry. Their clusters of purple or black pendant flowers are a sight show.
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ReferenceMucuna pruriens
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FamilyFabaceae
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Solar expositionPartial shade
Sunny -
Planting timeApril
June
March
May -
Hardiness (USDA)10
11
9 -
LifecycleAnnual
Perennial -
Flower colorBlack
Purple -
Spacing1-2 m
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Height3-6 m
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BiodiversityYes
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ExoticYes
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Special treatmentDirect sowing
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Stock originAmongSeeds warehouse
- Accepted name
- Mucuna pruriens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mucuna
Botanical synonyms
- Carpogon capitatus
- Carpogon niveus
- Carpopogon pruriens
- Dolichos pruriens
- Hornera pruriens
- Labradia pruriens
- Marcanthus cochinchinense
- Mucuna cochinchinense
Show 6 more synonyms Hide additional synonyms
- Mucuna prurita
- Mucuna prurita
- Negretia pruriens
- Stizolobium cochinchinense
- Stizolobium pruriens
- Stizolobium pruritum
Taxonomy: World Flora Online CC0 1.0
Planting time
Data sheet
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FamilyFabaceae
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Solar expositionPartial shade, Sunny
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Hardiness (USDA)9 10 11
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LifecycleAnnual, Perennial
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Flower colorBlack, Purple
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Spacing1-2 m
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Height3-6 m
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BiodiversityYes
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ExoticYes
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Special treatmentDirect sowing
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Stock originAmongSeeds warehouse
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