Family: FabaceaeLocal name (Telugu): DoolagondiDistribution: Occasional among hedges and bushes, found in tropics.Extensive climbing herbs, branches pubescent, Leaves 3 foliate, petioles 10-15cm long, lateral ones ovate, terminal one rhomboid; Flowers 3-4 cm long, dark purple in 10-15 cm long axillary racemes, bracts deciduous, bracteoles small, calyx tube widely companulate, the lowest long, corolla much exerted, standard about half the length of wings and keel, stamens 10, didelphous, anthers dimorphous, ovary sessile, villous, Pods falcate, curved at both ends, S shaped, densly clothed with irritant brown bristles.Seeds have high repute in Ayurvedic medicine;
Summary[edit] Description: English: Flowerbuds of Mucuna sanjappae. Date: 26 September 2010, 21:28:39. Source: Own work. Author: Makarand Aitawade. Junnar, Pune district, Maharashtra, India Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.
Summary[edit] Description: Mucuna holtonii, Hülsenfrüchtler (Fabaceae), Schmetterlingsblütler (Faboideae) – Costa Rica: Prov. Puntarenas, Fila Costeña N Ciudad Nelly. Date: 7 August 1998. Source: Own work. Author: Franz Xaver. Permission (Reusing this file): GFDL, cc-by-sa.
The flowers of wild Mucuna pruriens in Macossa district of Mozambique. Extremely itchy hairs are produced on the ripe pods and this is why this weed is named "feijo maluco" (crazy bean) or "feijo macaco" (monkey bean). The beans are sometimes consumed (after extremely time-consuming preparation to remove the poison) in times of food scarcity.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Inflorescence of Mucuna sanjappae. Date: 21 September 2010, 22:15:06. Source: Own work. Author: Dr. Makarand Aitawade & Prof. S. R. Yadav. Junnar, Pune district, Maharashtra, India Licensing[edit] : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue.