Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Fabaceae

Genus:

Mucuna

Species:

Mucuna gigantea subsp. gigantea

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Range

China: Hainan, East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Eastern Asia: Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, Taiwan, Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China: Andaman Is., Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam, Malesia: Borneo, Jawa, South Tropical Africa: Mozambique, Southern Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, West-Central Tropical Africa: DR Congo, Western Indian Ocean: Comoros, Madagascar, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles