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Mucuna flagellipes

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Mucuna flagellipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Mucuna
Species:
M. flagellipes
Binomial name
Mucuna flagellipes
Synonyms
  • Stizolobium flagellipes Kuntze

Mucuna flagellipes is a species of plant of the Congo Basin belonging to the subfamily Papilionoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. It is a rainforest vine growing to about 12 m (39 ft) long and 3 cm (1.2 in) diameter with trifoliate leaves. The pendant inflorescences grow from the leaf axils and may be up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long, attached to the branch on a peduncle about 3 cm (1.2 in) long.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Mucuna flagellipes Vogel ex Hook.f." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Mucuna flagellipes Hook.f." PROTA4U. Retrieved 14 July 2025.