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Mucuna pruriens in life
In life — Velvet bean, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Eugene Popov, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Eugene Popov
BISH 55711Botany

Mucuna pruriens

Velvet bean

As recorded: Mucuna pruriens var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae

Collected by
Carter, W.
Collector number
s.n.
Date
June 30, 1944
Locality
Southern
Region
Hawaii, United States
Identified by
Verdcourt, B.; Wilmot-Dear, C.M.B. Verdcourt →C.M. Wilmot-Dear →
Record type
Preserved specimen
16 Bishop specimens of Mucuna pruriens · collected 1916–1987Species page ›

Cite this specimen

Mucuna pruriens. BISH 55711. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956503656. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/55711.

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