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Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. (syn. Carpopogon pruriens (L.) Roxb.; Dolichos pruriens L.; Mucuna aterrima (Piper & Tracy) Merr.; Mucuna axillaris Baker; Mucuna bernieriana Baill.; Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.) A.Chev.; Mucuna esquirolii H.Lev.; Mucuna minima Haines; Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) DC.; Mucuna prurita (L.) Hook.; Stizolobium pruritum (Wight) Piper);
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. myoo-KOO-nuh — from the Brazilian name for these vines pruriens — from Latin prurient, pruriens, present participle of prurire to itch . commonly known as: bengal bean, buffalo bean, cowach, cowage, cow itch, cowhage, hell fire bean, itchweed, itchy bean, Mauritius bean, nescafe, purple jade vine, sea bean, velvet bean, wild itchy bean • Bengali: আলকুশি alakusi • Hindi: जाङ्गली jangali, जड़ा jara, कवांच kavanch. केवांच kevanch, किवांच kivanch, konch • Kannada: ನಸುಗುನ್ನಿ nasugunni • Malayalam: നായ്ക്കുരണ naikkuran • Marathi: कवचकुइरी kavachkuiri, कवचकुइली kavachkuili, कवसकुइरी kavaskuiri, कवसकुइली kavaskuili, खाजरीकुइरी khazrikuiri, खाजरीकुइली khazrikuili • Sanskrit: आत्मगुप्ता atmagupta, कण्डूरा kandura, कपिकच्छ् kapikachu • Tamil: பூனைக்காலி punaikkali • Telugu: దూలగొండి dulagondi, కండూష్పల kanduspala, కపికచ్ఛూః kapikacchuh, pilliadugu • Urdu: جانگلي jangali, جڙا jara . Native to: tropical & s Africa, Indian subcontinent, s-e Asia; widely naturalized / cultivated . Large climbing densely hairy herb; leaves trifoliate, on up to 40 cm long petiole, leaflets variable 5-20 cm long; flowers purple, up to 4 cm long, 1-3 together on 15-30 cm long axillary racemes; pod 5-6 cm long, not plaited, covered with brown irritating hairs, 5-6 seeded. . During our childhood days we used to rub this fruit on friends hands and enjoy the irritation of our friends !!
Key to Mucuna species as provided by J.F.Duthie in Flora of the Upper Gangetic Plains (1929) and modified as per Sanjappa (1992) : A. Woody climbers, with faces of pods obliquely plaited B. Sutures of pods winged …… Mucuna nigricans
B’. Sutures of pods not winged …… Mucuna atropurpurea
A’. Annuals, with valves of pods not obliquely plaited
C. Flowers in racemes, pods densely bristly…. Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens
C’. Flowers in corymbs; pods much longer, clothed with short deciduous bristles. .. Mucuna pruriens var utilis
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   Mucuna pruriens -We call this Khaj Khujli in Marathi.
Mucuna pruriens: Nasugunni (Kannada),
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. = M. Prurita Hk. PAPILIOACEAE Spicules on the leaf and seed pod causes severe itching when touched. Climbing shrub Length-15-20 meter Height -15 feet Habitat fame fence Chandagal Village Mysore district 12 Jan 2011 .
Mucuna: A lot of it at Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi Very Near to You In Nature Camp Thapli On the Way to Morni Hills. About a year back i have seen many plants of this climbers growing on some Phoenix dactylifera trees.
Another in Hisar in the fields of HAU I think on Balsamand road in their nursery and also in Herbal garden there.
Its also very common in Maharashtra state.. seeds are medicinally imp.
Fabaceae week…Mucuna pruriens:
Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: – Mucuna pruviens: Indian herb growers are cultivating Mucuna commercially. Here is slide show. Mucuna pruriens I think. Here is the photo of the fruits from mine. Place : Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Thane
Date : 30th January 2010 Habitat : Wild
Thanks … for showing these pods of a climber which seems to have a large distribution from western ghats to Arunachal Pradesh as shown by you here
Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Mucuna pruriens in northern Western Ghats:
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. myoo-KOO-nuh — from the Brazilian name for these vines
pruriens — from Latin prurient, pruriens, present participle of prurire to itch Nov 8, 2008 … at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
commonly known as: bengal bean, buffalo bean, cowach, cowage, cow itch, cowhage, hell fire bean, itchweed, itchy bean, Mauritius bean, nescafe, purple jade vine, sea bean, velvet bean, wild itchy bean • Bengali: আলকুশি alakusi • Hindi: जाङ्गली jangali, जड़ा jara, कवांच kavanch. केवांच kevanch, किवांच kivanch, konch • Kannada: ನಸುಗುನ್ನಿ nasugunni • Malayalam: നായ്ക്കുരണ naikkuran • Marathi: कवचकुइरी kavachkuiri, कवचकुइली kavachkuili, कवसकुइरी kavaskuiri, कवसकुइली kavaskuili, खाजरीकुइरी khazrikuiri, खाजरीकुइली khazrikuili • Sanskrit: आत्मगुप्ता atmagupta, कण्डूरा kandura, कपिकच्छ् kapikachu • Tamil: பூனைக்காலி punaikkali • Telugu: దూలగొండి dulagondi, కండూష్పల kanduspala, కపికచ్ఛూః kapikacchuh, pilliadugu • Urdu: جانگلي jangali, جڙا jara Native to: tropical & s Africa, Indian subcontinent, s-e Asia; widely naturalized / cultivated some views: Nov 27, 2010 … at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra Nov 21, 2009 … at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
Oct 12, 2008 … at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park)
Mar 31, 2007 … along NH3 near Padgha, Maharashtra Cute colour of the flowers. Important to remember not to touch any part……
Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Mucuna pruriens-PKA19:
Bot. name: Mucuna pruriens Family: Fabaceae Location: Mumbai Habitat: Wild Plant Habit: Climber All art is but imitation of nature. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Week_Mucuna pruriens_ 081111PD03 Flora of Orissa: Local name: Baidanka
Family: Fabaceae
Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Orissa
Habit: Climber
Habitat: Wild, near roadside trees and hedges of village boundary and also in dry deciduous and scrub forests
Altitude: 100 to 400 m above msl Beautifull Pics of flowers . Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: Mucuna pruriens from Herbal Garden Delhi: syn: Dolichos pruriens L.; Mucuna prurita Hook.
Common names: Cow-itch, gugli
Large climbing densely hairy herb; leaves trifoliate, on up to 40 cm long petiole, leaflets variable 5-20 cm long; flowers purple, up to 4 cm long, 1-3 together on 15-30 cm long axillary racemes; pod 5-6 cm long, not plaited, covered with brown irritating hairs, 5-6 seeded.
Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. . Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week: Mucuna pruriens from Herbal Garden Delhi: syn: Dolichos pruriens L.; Mucuna prurita Hook.
Common names: Cow-itch, gugli
Large climbing densely hairy herb; leaves trifoliate, on up to 40 cm long petiole, leaflets variable 5-20 cm long; flowers purple, up to 4 cm long, 1-3 together on 15-30 cm long axillary racemes; pod 5-6 cm long, not plaited, covered with brown irritating hairs, 5-6 seeded.
Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. Nice Shots Sir “Kaunch ki Phali” Shows the vast distributional range again …Could know the Hindi names too.
Mucuna pruriens: Very nice photographs indeed. I think the flowering season is nearing end and pods have started developing.
Mucuna pruriens:
Mucuna pruriens (Leguminosae) खाजखुजरी 20/10/2012 Yeoor [Part of sanjai gandhi national park], Thane
Mucuna pruriens : Attachments (4). 4 posts by 3 authors. It has not yet commenced flowering this season. Some of my previous photographs are available at this link
Hooghly – Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC? : Attachments (7 + 8 + 5). 9 posts by 3 authors. I am doubtful about it being M pruriens Can it be Pueraria sp. instead? Attaching more pictures, the first one is from the same climber and rest are from adjacent area. This seems to be Mucuna pruriens DC. Yes this looks like Mucuna pruriens DC. Found pods today, on the same plant and in adjacent area. Yes it is M.pruriens.
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Mucuna pruriens :: n Western Ghats :: DVOCT97 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 9 images.
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
at base of Yeoor Hills on November 23, 2008
at Yeoor Hills on October 12, 2008
at Nagla forest on December 1, 2012
at CBD Hills on November 26, 2011
at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary on November 8, 2008
along National Highway No. 8 on November 8, 2008 . Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight: Mucuna pruriens from Herbal Garden Delhi-GSOCT53/58 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3)
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC., Prodr. 2:405. 1825. syn: Dolichos pruriens L.; Mucuna prurita Hook.
Common names: Cow-itch, gugli
Large climbing densely hairy herb; leaves trifoliate, on up to 40 cm long petiole, leaflets variable 5-20 cm long; flowers purple, up to 4 cm long, 1-3 together on 15-30 cm long axillary racemes; pod 5-6 cm long, not plaited, covered with brown irritating hairs, 5-6 seeded.
Photographed from Herbal Garden, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi.
Fabaceae (Faboideae)Fortnight ::Mucuna pruriens ::Mumbai :: PKA-OCT-28: : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Mucuna pruriens
Family: Fabaceae Location: Mumbai
Fabaceae (Faboideae) Fortnight :: Mucuna sp. :: Hissar :: NS OCT 95/95 : 5 posts by 4 authors. 5 posts by 4 authors
Please find pics of this climber from medicinal plant garden of CCSHAU, Hissar…
Which Mucuna sp.? Thank you … for this query; now me too eager to know ID.
Otherwise I would have taken it as Mucuna pruriens. Mucuna species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net) …, it looks like Mucuna pruriens to me, too. Are both the types of pods from the same plant? I think it is Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
ID request05122017CP1 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Kindly identify this twiner growing in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. It flowers and fruits in October. Is it a species of Crotalaria?
Mucuna pruriens Thanks, … Pl. also check /species/a—l/f/fabaceae/mucuna Thanks, …, for the id.
To me also appear close to images at Mucuna pruriens as per comparative images at Mucuna
Fabaceae climber for identification :: Dec MK02 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (7)
Please help me identifying this Fabaceae species.
Habit: climber
Habitat: agri. fences / dryland
Location: Dharwad District, Karnataka
Alt.: 650 m asl
Date: 15 Nov 2017
Pl. check
Could you find your species from comparative images? Mucuna macrocarpa Wall. ?? Its Mucuna pruriens
SK174NOV02-2016:ID : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Sharing some pictures for ID shot at Kurintar, Nepal on 29 December 2013 at 900 ft. Any habit image, … Sorry …, it is from my old album. Appears to be a Fabaceae member. I guess it is Fabaceae but could not decide the correct ID. Pl. check Mucuna I guess it could be Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. according to flowering season and elevation.
Request validation !
Its Mucuna Pruriens, Is there other clear images……….. Attachments (3)
pods – indiantreepix | Google Groups
Mumbai, MH :: Mucuna pruriens :: ARK2020-026 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7)- around 700 kb each.
Saw Mucuna pruriens in a marshy area in Charkop, Mumbai, MH in October 2019.
This was my first sighting of the flowers.
Fwd: mucuna : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)
Mucuna pruriens – pods :: Yeoor Hills, part of SGNP :: 29 DEC 19 : 1 post by 1 author. 3 images.
Yeoor Hills … part of Sanjay Gandhi National Park Date: December 29, 2019 … Altitude range: about 100 ft (30 m) to 1575 ft (480 m) asl
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
. . MS,Oct,2021/05 Mucuna sp. ? for id.: 2 images.
Location : Keifang Date : 14-02-2015
Habit : Climber
Habitat : Wild Your ID looks good. Velvet bean. What are the keys?
I think it’s Mucuna bracteata I do not think so, as pods are different and I do not see any bracts, for which flowers are required. Sir, I think this is Mucuna pruriens‘ fruits. Shape is not similar To me calyx looks similar. If you can click the flowers, we can have a relook. Ok, sir . Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Oct 18, 2009 · 12:00 PM IST: 1 images. . Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Oct 19, 2008 · JUN23 DV84: . Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Oct 19, 2008 · JUN23 DV87: 2 images. . Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. :: Waghbil, Thane, Maharashtra :: Sep 27, 2008 · JUN23 DV94: 1 image. . Fabaceae: Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.: 1 image. . References:
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