Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Mucuna gigantea subsp. gigantea

Mucuna gigantea subsp. tashiroi (Hayata) H.Ohashi & Tateishi

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
enuga-dulagondi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
enugadoolagondi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
enugadulagondi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachang rimau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kakavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkavali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkayvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaku-valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakuvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalakai valli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalarkayvalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
olahmas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seabean	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
thorbilingi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thuribilangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turibilangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carpopogon giganteus (Willd.) Roxb. ex Lindl. in J.C.Loudon, Encycl. Pl.: 616 (1829).
Dolichos giganteus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1041 (1802).
Negretia gigantea (Willd.) Oken Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1666 (1841).
Stizolobium giganteum (Willd.) Moon Cat. Pl. Ceylon: 53 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mucuna gigantea	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Mucuna gigantea DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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