Taxon:  Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.) DC. ex Wight & Arn.



Summary
Genus:
Mucuna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Nomen number:
24631
Place of publication:
Prodr. fl. Ind. orient. 254.  1834 (A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 2:406.  1825, nom. nud.)
Verified:
10/28/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Carpopogon atropurpureus Roxb.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. Note: = Mucuna atropurpurea DC.
  2. Wilmot-Dear, C. M. 1986. A revision of Mucuna (Leguminosae : Phaseoleae) in the Indian subcontinent and Burma. Kew Bull. 42:34.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia peninsular0
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  0
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (peninsular), Sri Lanka

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24631. Accessed 12 May 2026.