Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - velvet bean
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - velvet bean
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - velvet bean
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - velvet bean
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - velvet bean
MS043 : Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 145 |
| Synonym | : | Carpogon capitatus Roxb.;
Carpogon niveus Roxb.;
Carpopogon capitatus Roxb.;
Carpopogon niveum Roxb.;
Carpopogon pruriens (L.) Roxb.;
Dolichos pruriens L.;
Macranthus cochinchinensis Lour.;
Marcanthus cochinchinense Lour.;
Mucuna aterrima (Piper & Tracy) Holland.;
Mucuna atrocarpa F.P.Metcalf.;
Mucuna axillaris Baker.;
Mucuna bernieriana Baill.;
Mucuna capitata Wight & Arn.;
Mucuna cochinchinense (Lour.) A.Chev.;
Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.) A.Chev.;
Mucuna deeringiana (Bort) Merr.;
Mucuna esquirolii H. Lév.;
Mucuna esquirolii H.Lev.;
Mucuna hassjoo (Piper & Tracy) Mansf.;
Mucuna hirsuta Wight & Arn.;
Mucuna luzoniensis Merr.;
Mucuna lyonii Merr.;
Mucuna martinii H.Lev. & Vaniot.;
Mucuna minima Haines.;
Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) DC.;
Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.;
Mucuna prurita (L.) Hook.;
Mucuna prurita Wight.;
Mucuna sericophylla Perkins.;
Mucuna utilis Wight.;
Mucuna velutina Hassk.;
Negretia mitis Blanco.;
Stizolobium aterrimum Piper & Tracy.;
Stizolobium capitatum (Roxb.) Kuntze.;
Stizolobium cochinchinense (Lour.) Burk.;
Stizolobium deeringianum Bort.;
Stizolobium hassjoo Piper & Tracy.;
Stizolobium hirsutum (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze.;
Stizolobium niveum (Roxb.) Kuntze.;
Stizolobium pruriens (L.) Medik.;
Stizolobium pruritum (Wight) Piper.;
Stizolobium utile (Wall. ex Wight) Ditmer.;
Stizolobium velutinum (Hassk.) Piper & Tracy.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Khajkuyari, Velvet bean, Cowitch, Cowhage, Kapikachu, Nescafe, Sea bean • Hindi: Kiwach • Marathi: Khaj-kuiri • Malayalam: Naicorna • Nepali: Kauso • Telugu: Pilliadugu • Kannada: Nayisonanguballi • Bengali: Akolchi • Tamil: Punaippidukkan |
| Plant Family | : | Fabaceae |
| Description | : | Climbing herb, young branches densely pubescent, becoming glabrous. Leaf trifoliolate, petiole 2-40 cm long, leaflet 4.8-19 cm long, 3.5-16.5 cm broad, obovate, elliptic, rhomboid or ovate, lateral leaflets very oblique, acute or acuminate, pubescent on both sides; petiolule 2-3 mm long; stipules c. 5 mm long. Inflorescence an axillary raceme, 15.0-.30 cm long, flowers single or 2-3 together. Bracts 12.5 mm long; pedicel 2.5-5:O mm long. Calyx 7.5-9 mm long, silky, teeth equal or longer than the tube. Corolla purple. Vexillum 1.5 cm long. Keel 2.5-3.8 cm long, Fruit 5-6.3 cm long, not winged or plaited, with a longitudinal rib running the length of each valve, pubescent, hairs brown and irritating, 5-6- seeded. Fl.Per.: November-March. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On thickets and hedges,mostly along stream banks |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Skin diseases, Antibiotoic, Antioxidant, Parkinson's disease, Diabetes, nervous disorders and arthritis |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Seeds: L-dopa; Phytic acid; Linoleic acid; tetrahydroisoquinolines; tryptamine; 5-hydroxytryptamine;
(Alkaloids): Mucunine; mucunadine; prurienine; prurieninine; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve.
- Lucia R. L. et al "The Magic Velvet Bean of Mucuna pruriens", J Tradit Complement Med. 2012 Oct Dec; 2(4): 331 to 339. PMCID: PMC3942911
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32273
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242333123 |
| Reference | : | ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID : ~ Omolola Temitope Fatokun, Tosin Ejiro Wojuola, Kevwe Benefit Esievo and Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle; "Medicinal plants used in the management of Asthma: A review"; EJPMR (2016); 3(7): 82-92 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Patil, HM and Bhaskar, VV; "Medicinal uses of plnats by tribal medicine men of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra"; Natural Product Radiance (2006); 5(2): 125-130 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Fabales |
| Family | : Fabaceae / Leguminosae - Pea family |
| Genus | : Mucuna Adans. - mucuna |
| Species | : Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - velvet bean |