Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.) DC. ex Wight & Arn.

 
  • Family : FABACEAE
    (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
  • Subfamily : Faboideae
  • Species : Mucuna atropurpurea
  • Basionym : Carpopogon atropurpureum Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
  • Common name : Cow Itch
  • Vernacular name : Turibeeli balli (Kan.); Sirupunaikali (Tam.); Bhainswalibel (Hin)
  • Habit : Liana
  • Flower, Fruit : January-April
  • Comments : On hills up to 1200 m by river banks and shola border.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Moluccas
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Mucuna atropurpurea. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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