Plant Details

Accepted name:

Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens [Fabaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies of:

Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.

Infraspecies:

See all 2

Mucuna pruriens var. hirsuta (Wight & Arn.) Wilmot-Dear

Mucuna pruriens var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buffalo bean	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cow itch	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. W. Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cowage velvetbean	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cowhage	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. W. Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
fogarate	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gratey	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hell-fire bean	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nettle	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pica pica	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
poil -gratter	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pois velu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pois-gratter	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
velvet bean	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vine gungo pea	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Mucuna velutina Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 77 (1842).
Dolichos soorootoo Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 255 (1834).
Mucuna axillaris Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 465 (1887).
Mucuna bernieriana Baill. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 382 (1883).
Mucuna esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 231 (1909).
Mucuna hassjoo (Piper & Tracy) Mansf. Kulturpflanze, Beih. 2: 204 (1959).
Mucuna minima Haines J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 15: 313 (1919 publ. 1920).
Mucuna pauciflora Blume ex Burck Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11: 188 (1893).
Mucuna pluricostata Barb.Rodr. Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 6: 9 (1898).
Mucuna psittacina Miers Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 4: 160 (1864).
Phaseolus unguiculatus L. Herb. Amb.: 23 (1754).
Stizolobium axillare (Baker) Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 30: 53 (1917).
Stizolobium hassjoo Piper & Tracy Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 179: 17 (1910).
Stizolobium velutinum (Hassk.) Piper & Tracy Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 179: 20 (1910).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens	Med. Pl. Trop. W. Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Mucuna velutina Hassk.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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