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Details for: PI 383271,
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
utilis
(Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck, AFRICAN WHITE
Summary
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Taxonomy
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
utilis
(Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck
Top Name:
AFRICAN WHITE
Origin:
Donated – New York, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
05 Sep 1973
PI Assigned:
1973
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
181
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
10 count
PI 383271 05 SD
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
utilis
(Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck
Top Name:
AFRICAN WHITE
Origin:
Donated – New York, United States
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
05 Sep 1973
PI Assigned:
1973
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Donated
05 September 1973.
New York, United States
Donor(s):
Bio-Derivatives Corporation
Accession Names and Identifiers
AFRICAN WHITE
Type: Unverified name
Narrative
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
utilis
(Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck
Genus:
Mucuna
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Nomen number:
310522
Place of publication:
Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 11:187. 1893
Comment:
or
Mucuna pruriens
Utilis Group
Verified:
09/23/1986
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC.
(3 active accession[s])
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
hirsuta
(Wight & Arn.) Wilmot-Dear
(0 active accession[s])
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
pruriens
(1 active accession[s])
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
sericophylla
(Perkins) Wilmot-Dear
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mucuna utilis
Wall. ex Wight
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Carpopogon capitatus
Roxb.
Carpopogon niveus
Roxb.
Mucuna aterrima
(Piper & Tracy) Holland
Mucuna deeringiana
(Bort) Merr.
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
biflora
Trimen
Mucuna velutina
Hassk.
Stizolobium aterrimum
Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium capitatum
(Roxb.) Kuntze
Stizolobium cinereum
Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium hassjoo
Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium microspermum
Piper
Stizolobium niveum
(Roxb.) Kuntze
Stizolobium pachylobium
Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium pruritum
Piper & Tracy var.
biflorum
(Trimen) Piper
Stizolobium pruritum
Piper & Tracy subsp.
maculatum
Piper
Stizolobium pruritum
Piper & Tracy subsp.
officinale
Piper
Stizolobium utile
(Wall. ex Wight) Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium velutinum
(Hassk.) Piper & Tracy
Mucuna cochinchinensis
(Lour.) A. Chev.
Macranthus cochinchinensis
Lour.
Stizolobium deeringianum
Bort
Mucuna pachylobia
(Piper & Tracy) Rock
Mucuna capitata
(Roxb.) DC. ex Wight & Arn.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Bengal velvet-bean
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
cowage velvet-bean
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
Florida velvet-bean
as
Mucuna deeringiana
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Note:
=
Mucuna deeringiana
English
lacuna-bean
via email on 12 Jul 1999
1
duCellier, J.
1999. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
English
Lyon-bean
1
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
English
Mauritius velvet-bean
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
velvet-bean
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
Yokohama velvet-bean
1
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Italian
stizolobia
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish
guisante negro
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese
li dou
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
29 Jun 1987, from
Stizolobium aterrimum
Piper & Tracy to
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
utilis
(Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck
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GROWTH
PLANT HEIGHT
TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS
300
S9.LEGUMES.WESTBROOK.2005
PI 383271 04 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT HEIGHT
TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS
60
S9.LEGUMES.MUCUNA.2002
PI 383271 02 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT HEIGHT
TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS
62
S9.LEGUMES.STCROIX.2012
PI 383271 05 SD
GROWTH
PLANT HEIGHT
TOTAL PLANT HEIGHT IN CENTIMETERS
80
S9.LEGUMES.2004
PI 383271 03 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT WIDTH
TOTAL PLANT WIDTH IN CENTIMETERS
100
S9.LEGUMES.WESTBROOK.2005
PI 383271 04 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT WIDTH
TOTAL PLANT WIDTH IN CENTIMETERS
200
S9.LEGUMES.2004
PI 383271 03 SD
Not Available
GROWTH
PLANT WIDTH
TOTAL PLANT WIDTH IN CENTIMETERS
250
S9.LEGUMES.MUCUNA.2002
PI 383271 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BRANCHING
NUMBER OF BRANCES ON 1 - 9 SCALE
1 - MANY BRANCHES
S9.LEGUMES.MUCUNA.2002
PI 383271 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BRANCHING
NUMBER OF BRANCES ON 1 - 9 SCALE
1 - MANY BRANCHES
S9.LEGUMES.2004
PI 383271 03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BRANCHING
NUMBER OF BRANCES ON 1 - 9 SCALE
1 - MANY BRANCHES
S9.LEGUMES.WESTBROOK.2005
PI 383271 04 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BRANCHING
NUMBER OF BRANCES ON 1 - 9 SCALE
1 - MANY BRANCHES
S9.LEGUMES.STCROIX.2012
PI 383271 05 SD
MORPHOLOGY
FOLIAGE
RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF FOLIAGE
1 - ABUNDANT
S9.LEGUMES.MUCUNA.2002
PI 383271 02 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FOLIAGE
RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF FOLIAGE
1 - ABUNDANT
S9.LEGUMES.2004
PI 383271 03 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FOLIAGE
RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF FOLIAGE
1 - ABUNDANT
S9.LEGUMES.WESTBROOK.2005
PI 383271 04 SD
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FOLIAGE
RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF FOLIAGE
1 - ABUNDANT
S9.LEGUMES.STCROIX.2012
PI 383271 05 SD
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY
DAYS TO MATURITY ON 1 - 9 SCALE
1 - EARLY SEASON
S9.LEGUMES.STCROIX.2012
PI 383271 05 SD
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY
DAYS TO MATURITY ON 1 - 9 SCALE
9 - LATE SEASON
S9.LEGUMES.MUCUNA.2002
PI 383271 02 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY
DAYS TO MATURITY ON 1 - 9 SCALE
9 - LATE SEASON
S9.LEGUMES.2004
PI 383271 03 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY
DAYS TO MATURITY ON 1 - 9 SCALE
9 - LATE SEASON
S9.LEGUMES.WESTBROOK.2005
PI 383271 04 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
SEED PRODUCTION
RELATIVE SEED PRODUCTION OR YIELD
8 - (1 = VERY HIGH, 9 = VERY LOW YIELD)
S9.LEGUMES.WESTBROOK.2005
PI 383271 04 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
SEED PRODUCTION
RELATIVE SEED PRODUCTION OR YIELD
9 - VERY LOW YIELD
S9.LEGUMES.MUCUNA.2002
PI 383271 02 SD
Not Available
STRESS
HARDINESS
RELATIVE WINTER HARDINESS
5 - ALL PLANTS WINTER-KILLED
S9.LEGUMES.MUCUNA.2002
PI 383271 02 SD
Not Available