[Specimen details]

Mucuna pruriens
Family Name Fabaceae
Currently Accepted Name Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - Determined By: A. R. Franck, 16-Sep-2016
Determination History
Mucuna sloanei Fawc. & Rendle
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : 100 ft. from the corner of SW 57th Court and Red Road.
Description High climbing vine from a branched root; leaves oblique; flowers with an irregular calyx; fruit 8 cm, pubescent.
Habitat Pineland. Soils sandy, from Miami oolitic origin.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Specimen Notes
Collector H. W. Barrick 14
Collection Date 20 Nov 1967
Accession Number 284813
Image 284813.jpg
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