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Mucuna Fawcettii
''Mucuna'' is a genus of around 100 accepted species of climbing lianas (vines) and shrubs of the family Fabaceae: tribe Phaseoleae, typically found in tropical forests. The leaves are trifoliolate, alternate, or spiraled, and the flowers are pea-like but larger, with distinctive curved petals, and occurring in racemes. Like other legumes, ''Mucuna'' plants bear pods. They are generally bat-pollinated and produce seeds that are buoyant sea-beans. These have a characteristic three-layered appearance, appearing like the eyes of a large mammal in some species and like a hamburger in others (most notably '' M. sloanei'') and giving rise to common names like deer-eye beans, donkey-eye beans, ox-eye beans, or hamburger seed. The name of the genus is derived from ''mucunã'', a Tupi–Guarani word for these species. Ecology Some ''Mucuna'' species are used as food plants by caterpillars of Lepidoptera. These include ''Morpho'' butterflies and the two-barred flasher ('' Astraptes fulg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mucuna Gigantea
''Mucuna gigantea'' is a species of large woody climber from the family Fabaceae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, India, tropical southern Asia, the Philippines, New Guinea and parts of Australia, and is commonly known as sea bean or burny bean. Description ''Mucuna gigantea'' is a large woody liana, growing to a length of about . The stem is at first thickly clad in orange-brown bristly hairs, and bears alternate, trifoliate leaves with petioles up to long. The leaflets are ovate or elliptical, and up to long; the lateral leaflets are oblique, and all leaflets have rounded bases and Glossary_of_leaf_morphology#apiculate, apiculate tips. The inflorescence grows from the leaf axil, and is a pendulous, umbel-like bunch with the individual flowers on short lateral stalks. Each flower has a cup-shaped Sepal, calyx with two lips, clad in fine greyish hairs. The Corolla (botany), corolla lobes are white, creamy-green or pale lilac; the standard is up to long, and the wings and kee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
