Mucuna pruriens, the Velvet Bean (9561226524)
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Description: Widely planted due to medicinal properties, including libido enhancer. In Latin America known as Frijol Terciopelo and as Bejuco Picapica due to irritating hairs. Photo from near Liparamba, Tanzania. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/faboid/index.html. Date: 20 August 2013, 19:09. Source: Mucuna pruriens, the Velvet Bean. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada. Camera location 11° 32′ 01.87″ S, 35° 03′ 17.89″ E : View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: -11.533852; 35.054969.
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- Fabaceae (legumes)
- Mucuna (mucuna)
- Mucuna pruriens (cowitch)
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