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Mucuna gigantea
Burny Bean
As recorded: Mucuna gigantea subsp. gigantea
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Kubo, R.
- Collector number
- ESP 018
- Date
- April 16, 1979
- Locality
- ahupuaa of Halepuaa in the Puna District. On the side of the Puna Trail
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 19.5333, -154.8667
- Elevation
- 30 m
- Identified by
- Yoshida, L.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On April 16, 1979, Kubo, R. also collected 7 other specimens.
Still here: Mucuna gigantea observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1979. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2022-11-23.
2022-11-23
Hawaiian Beaches Kahakai Blvd and Lalakea St, Hawaiian Beaches, HI 96778, USA
(c) overseeing-owl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2020-12-26
Pāhoa, HI 96778, USA
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Mucuna gigantea. BISH 656557. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956380639. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/656557.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956380639 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026