Mucuna pruriens
Translingual
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Proper noun
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- A taxonomic species within the family Fabaceae – the velvet bean, a legume, native to Africa and tropical Asia, used as a food and forage source, as a toxin, and for medicinal purposes, the seed pods of which have a dense covering of bristles that cause skin irritation when touched.
Synonyms
- (species): buffalo bean(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.), cow itch, hell fire bean
Hypernyms
- (species): Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Faboideae - subfamily; Phaseoleae - tribe; Erythrininae - subtribe; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - genus
Hyponyms
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Translations
velvet bean
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References
Mucuna pruriens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mucuna pruriens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mucuna pruriens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons