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Mucuna bracteata has green leaf foliage with leguminous nodules producing fixed nitrogen leading to amino acids. The seed of the legume of the Mucuna bracteata weighs about 90–190 mg each and is black in colour. [1] This seed, as it is a legume, provides health benefits on its own, individually, for direct consumption.
Mucuna is a genus of around 114 accepted species of climbing lianas (vines) and shrubs of the family Fabaceae: tribe Phaseoleae, typically found in tropical and subtropical forests in the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa, southern, southeastern, and eastern Asia, New Guinea, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
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Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume native to Africa and tropical Asia and widely naturalized and cultivated. [2] Its English common names include monkey tamarind , velvet bean , Bengal velvet bean , Florida velvet bean , Mauritius velvet bean , Yokohama velvet bean , cowage , cowitch , lacuna bean , and Lyon bean . [ 2 ]
The hairy pods of Mucuna poggei. The proteolytic enzyme mucunain is a protein in the tissues of certain legumes of the genus Mucuna, especially velvet bean (Mucuna pruriens). [1] [2] [3] In these species the mucunain is found in stiff hairs, or trichomes, covering the seed pods. When the hairs rub off and come in contact with skin they cause ...
The work was conceived in late 1997 [2] and represents the culmination of 3 years of intensive research that included 15 field trips and numerous herbarium visits. [1] [3] The project encountered a number of difficulties and setbacks, including a "severe drought" in 1997 and political unrest in the following two years. [2]
There is only one known species, Acanthochlamys bracteata, native to Tibet and Sichuan. [1] References This page was last edited on 10 April ...
The erect, perennial shrub grows 1.5 m to 2 m tall. [3] The leaves are ovate to oblong with pinnate venation and wavy margins. It flowers from October to December. [4] Each small, white pea-shaped flower is enclosed by a pair of reniform flower bracts.