Monday, December 2, 2013

Mucuna pruriens profile



Mucuna pruriens for annual twining vine. Branches slightly was carried out in thin pilose. Pinnate 3 lobules; Lobules of 6 to 15 cm long or too, 4.5 to 10 cm wide, length, there is little more than half the width of the apical lobule clearly smaller than lateral leaflets, ovoid or elliptical long ovate, base rhombic, apex with a fine point, lateral leaflets extremely skewed, obliquely ovate to lanceolate oval, apex with a fine point, base shallow heart or nearly cross-sectional shape, both sides were white thin thin hairs; Lateral veins usually 5 per side, nearly opposite, raised; Small stipule linear, 4-5 mm long; Petiole 4 -- 9 mm, densely covered with bristles. Raceme prolapse, 12-30 cm long, has more than 10-20 flowers; Bracts small, linear lanceolate; Calyx broadly bell-shaped, densely covered with grayish white pilose and hydrophobic sting, the upper lobes is extremely rich, the lower one middle lobes linear lanceolate, ca. 8 mm long; Corolla purple or white, often shorter, flag 1.6 1.8 cm long, wing disc 2-3.5 cm long, keel 2.8 3.5 (4) cm long. Pods 8-12 cm long, 18 to 20 mm wide, soft fruit, green, densely gray or light brown hair, mature a little flat, black, uplift longitudinal rib 1-2; Seeds 6-8, oblong-elliptic, about 1.5 cm long, ca. 1 cm wide, 5-6 mm thick, gray, yellowish brown, shallow orange or black, sometimes with stripes or spots, hilum ca. 7 mm long, pale yellow white. In October flowering, fruiting in November.

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