PLANTS Profile for Mucuna gigantea (seabean)

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PLANTS Profile

Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC.
seabean

Symbol:

MUGI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Vine

More Information:

Images:
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC.

Native Status:
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (HI)

Related Taxa:
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 6 species in Mucuna

Classification:
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Mucuna Adans. – mucuna
Species	Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. – seabean

More Accounts and Images:
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503879.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 07:27 AM CDT