PlantPeers
Back to Catalog
No image available
Fabaceae FAMILY

Mucuna platyphylla

Mucuna platyphylla

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitClimber
Growth—

Mucuna species generally grow best in a shady position in a humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Mucuna+platyphylla>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants - Identification and Cultivation of over 3,000 Tropical Plants — Ahmed Fayaz · Firefly Books Ltd.; New Zealand · 2011 · ISBN 978-1-55407-489 ↩︎A good photograph and terse but detailed information for over 3,000 species of tropical plants. An excellent reference.
  2. [2]Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 16. The genus Mucuna — Wiriadinata H.; Ohashi H.; Adema F. · 2016 · http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651916X692799 ↩︎An excellent treatment
  3. [3]Food Plants of Papua New Guinea — French. B.R. · Author. · 2006 ↩︎Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants.