Details for: NA 84848, Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC., NA 84848


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Top Name:
NA 84848
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 2023
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Top Name:
NA 84848
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Jun 2023
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 84848
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Mucuna pruriens. Herbaceous annual (tender perennial grown as annual). This number is intended to be used for any plants obtained and displayed as generic members of the species (not specific cultivars of it), regardless of source. Plants are displayed in the garden only during the warmer months of the growing season (May through October, typically).
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcowage  1Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Englishcow-itch  1Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Englishvelvet-bean  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Swedishkliböna  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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