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Mucuna sloanei
Horseeye Bean
As recorded: Mucuna sloanei Fawc. & Rendle
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Fabales › Fabaceae
- Collected by
- Perlman, S.; Oppenheimer, H.L.Hank L. Oppenheimer →Steven Perlman →
- Collector number
- 23299
- Date
- February 27, 2013
- Locality
- Hana District. Nahiku, Walter Patelo property, road from highway to coast just East of George Harrison property.
- Island
- Maui
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Elevation
- 172 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 27, 2013, Perlman, S.; Oppenheimer, H.L. also collected 3 other specimens.
Mucuna sloanei observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 2013. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-10-30.

2025-10-30
Pearl City, HI, USA
(c) Kevin Faccenda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2025-06-16
Island of Hawaiʻi, Captain Cook, HI, US
(c) dougetter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-02-07
Kure Atoll, HI, US
(c) tluisaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-12-31
Waimanalo, HI 96795, USA
(c) Hubert Szczygieł, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-07
Hawaiʻi, Hilo, HI, US
(c) dyogi2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-06-01
Hawaii, US
(c) Mike Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Mucuna sloanei. BISH 764410. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956650562. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/764410.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956650562 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
