Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mucuna pruriens var. hirsuta (Wight & Arn.) Wilmot-Dear [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Infraspecies:: 2

Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens

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

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mucuna hirsuta Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 254 (1834).
Mucuna pruriens var. thekkadiensis Thoth. & S.Ravik. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21: 703 (1997 publ. 1998).
Stizolobium hirsutum (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 208 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mucuna hirsuta W.& A.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Mucuna hirsuta Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. hirsuta	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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