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Mucuna

Mucuna is a genus of vines and shrubs of the legume family Fabaceae: tribe Phaseoleae. It has a pan-tropical distribution and contains 112 accepted species as of July 2025. The genus was created in 1763 by French botanist Michel Adanson.

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Mucuna

Nodes173
Edges172
Triples195
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011561
Components1

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related to Species · 100
Mucuna → AdemaMucuna, Aitawade, As, AzevedoMucuna, BackerMucuna, Baker, BakerMucuna, Barbosa, BarbosaMucuna, Benth, Binn, BurckMucuna, Cam, Cordem, CraibMucuna, DC, De Wild, DrakeMucuna, Du Puy, ElmerMucuna
related to Further reading · 53
Mucuna → Archived, Berhe, Biochemistry, Carsky, Cowhage, Crop Fact Sheet, DEC-17, Deckers, Diallo, Diels, Evans, Genus Mucuna, Giessen, Guinea, Human Food, ILDIS, Information Service, International Legume Database, Journal, Kapikachu
related to External links · 11
Mucuna → Cambridge University Press, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh, Media, Sea Beans Archived, The Source Of Tropical, Vol, Wayback MachineChisholm, Wikimedia Commons Data, WikispeciesBat-Pollinated Mucuna Flowers, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Uses · 10
Mucuna → In, Katzenschlager, L-dopa, Latin, Latinized Ancient Greek, Native American, Nigerian, Other, Parkinson's, The
related to Ecology · 7
Mucuna → Astraptes, Lepidoptera, Morpho, Mycosphaerella, Some Mucuna, The, These
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Mucuna → genus of vines and shrubs of the legume family Fabaceae
related to Flowers · 1
Mucuna → Rainbow LorikeetMucuna

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Mucunais agenus of vines and shrubs of the legume family Fabaceae0.90text
pruriensinstance ofspecific epithets0.80text
elephantiasisinstance ofand helminthiases0.80text
serotonininstance ofM. pruriens may also contain chemicals0.80text
5-HTPinstance ofM. pruriens may also contain chemicals0.80text
nicotineinstance ofM. pruriens may also contain chemicals0.80text
and the hallucinogenic tryptamines 5-MeO-DMTinstance ofM. pruriens may also contain chemicals0.80text
bufotenineinstance ofM. pruriens may also contain chemicals0.80text
dimethyltryptamineinstance ofM. pruriens may also contain chemicals0.80text
under an open faucet for 36 hoursinstance ofBerhe found the best method was to crack open the seeds and soak them in constantly running fresh water0.80text
or to put them in a baginstance ofBerhe found the best method was to crack open the seeds and soak them in constantly running fresh water0.80text
leave in a flowing river for 72 hoursinstance ofBerhe found the best method was to crack open the seeds and soak them in constantly running fresh water0.80text

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