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Carpogon capitatus Roxb.; Carpogon niveus Roxb.; Carpopogon pruriens (L.) Roxb.; Dolichos pruriens L.; Marcanthus cochinchinense Lour.; Mucuna atropurpurea sensu auct.; Mucuna axillaris Baker; Mucuna bernieriana Baill.; Mucuna cochinchinense (Lour.) A.Chev.; Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.) A.Chev.; Mucuna esquirolii H.Lev.; Mucuna luzoniensis Merr.; Mucuna lyonii Merr.; Mucuna minima Haines.; Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) DC.; Mucuna prurita (L.) Hook.; Mucuna sericophylla Perkins; Mucuna utilis Wall. ex Wight.; Mucuna velutina Hassk.; Negretia mitis Blanco; Stizolobium capitatum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Stizolobium cochinchinense (Lour.) Burk; Stizolobium niveum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Stizolobium pruriens (L.) Medico.; Stizolobium pruritum (Wight) Piper; Stizolobium velutinum (Hassk.) Piper & Tracy. (Hara et al. 1978).
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Shrestha, K., Singh Saud, D., Pant, S., Jan, H.A., Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y. (2021). Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. Fabaceae. In: Kunwar, R.M., Sher, H., Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57408-6_154
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