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Details for: PI 494874,
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC., ZFA 3427
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC.
Top Name:
ZFA 3427
Origin:
Collected – Zambia
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Aug 1983
PI Assigned:
1985
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Inventory Volume:
193
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC.
Top Name:
ZFA 3427
Origin:
Collected – Zambia
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Aug 1983
PI Assigned:
1985
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
Zambia
Donated
August 1983.
Italy
Comment:
Received through IBPGR, Rome, Italy
Donor(s):
Attere, A.F., IBPGR
Mubiana, W., Department of Agriculture
Ndumba, E.K., Department of Agriculture
Accession Names and Identifiers
ZFA 3427
Type: Donor identifier
Attere et al. F.
Narrative
Used as a fodder crop and green manure.
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC.
Genus:
Mucuna
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Nomen number:
24652
Place of publication:
Prodr. 2:405. 1825
Verified:
03/12/1987
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
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])
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var.
utilis
(Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck
(26 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Mucuna nivea
(Roxb.) DC. ex Wight & Arn.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
cowage
1
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
English
cow-itch
1
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
English
velvet-bean
1
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Swedish
kliböna
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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