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Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
var. utilis (Wight) Burck

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Type location:	Presumably India
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Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):	E,S
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Literature:	Mackinder, B. et al. (2001). Papilionoideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(5) Pages 19 - 20.

Other sources of information about Mucuna pruriens var. utilis:

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Flora of Malawi: Mucuna pruriens var. utilis
Flora of Mozambique: Mucuna pruriens var. utilis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Mucuna pruriens var. utilis

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Mucuna pruriens
African Plant Database: Mucuna pruriens
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Mucuna pruriens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Mucuna pruriens
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Mucuna pruriens
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Mucuna pruriens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mucuna pruriens
JSTOR Plant Science: Mucuna pruriens
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mucuna pruriens
Plants of the World Online: Mucuna pruriens
Tropicos: Mucuna pruriens
Wikipedia: Mucuna pruriens

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