Mucuna pruriens(MUCPR)
Overview Code created in: 2002-03-01
- EPPO Code: MUCPR
- Preferred name: Mucuna pruriens
- Authority: (Linnaeus) de Candolle
Western Asia (Yemen, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Malaya, Philippines), China (central), Western Africa from Sénégal to Cameroon to Angola, Sudan to Zaïre and East Africa to Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar. Introduced in Caucasus, eastern China (including Taiwan), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone), Australia (Northern, Queensland)
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Dolichos pruriens | Linnaeus |
| Stizolobium pruriens | (Linnaeus) Medikus |
| Stizolobium pruritum | (Wight) Piper |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| buffalo bean | English |
| cowage | English |
| itchweed | English |
| velvet bean | English |
| Juckbohne | German |
| pois à gratter | French |
| pois pouillieux | French |
| pois velu | French |
| ojo de buey | Spanish |
| pica-pica | Spanish (HN) |
| jeukboontje | Dutch |
| jeukerwtje | Dutch |
| fava-de-café | Portuguese (BR) |
| feijão-bitcho | Portuguese |
| feijão-café | Portuguese (BR) |
| feijão-lagarta | Portuguese |
| cì máo lí dòu | Chinese |
| 刺毛黧豆 | Chinese |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Fabales (
1FABO )
Family
Fabaceae (
1LEGF )
Subfamily
Papilionoideae (
1FABS )
Genus
Mucuna (
1MUCG )
Species
Mucuna pruriens (
MUCPR )