Fabaceae FAMILY
Mucuna platyphylla
Mucuna platyphylla
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Mucuna platyphylla is a vigourous climbing shrub with twining stems The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - central and eastern Indonesia to New Guinea, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia
HabitatPrimary and secondary forests, disturbed forests, open woodland, Sago swamp, regrowth bordering roads, along rivers; at elevations up to 800 metres[ 1533 Title Notes on Malesian Fabaceae (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) 16. The genus Mucuna Publication Blumea 61, 2016: 90-124 Author Wiriadinata H.; Ohashi H.; Adema F. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.3767/000651916X692799 Publisher Year 2016 ISBN Description An excellent treatment ]. Rainforest and bush in New Guinea; at elevations up to 2,000 metres[ 658 Title Food Plants of Papua New Guinea Publication Author French. B.R. Publisher Author. Year 2006 ISBN Description Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants. ].