''Mucuna interrupta'' is a species of SE Asian vine plants in the family
, first described by
François Gagnepain in 1914. According to ''
Plants of the World Online
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'' there are no subspecies (but note the species names, including ''Mucuna nigricans'', brought to synonymy); the native range is Bhutan to China (Yunnan) and
Indochina
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...
.
[Plants of the World Online: ''Mucuna interrupta'' Gagnep.]
(retrieved 23 February 2023)
Description and habitat
''Mucuna interrupta'' is a climbing perennial or shrub and can be found in primary and secondary, subtropical and
tropical forest
Tropical forests (a.k.a. jungle) are forested landscapes in tropical regions: ''i.e.'' land areas approximately bounded by the tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, but possibly affected by other factors such as prevailing winds.
Some tropical fores ...
margins. This species is distinctive in having "large fruit with flat marginal wings and wide lamellae uniformly interrupted along the midline, not extending into the winged margins, and with flat or upcurved apical halves".
Flora of China
''Mucuna interrupta'' Gagnepain
References
External links
Image at iNaturalist
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interrupta
Phaseoleae
Fabales of Asia
Flora of Indo-China