Taxon:  Mucuna flagellipes Vogel ex Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Mucuna
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Nomen number:
438172
Place of publication:
W. J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 307.  1849
Verified:
08/04/2019 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
  3. Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967-. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
  4. Sosef, M. S. M. et al. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon (Checklist of Gabonese vascular plants). Scripta Botanica Belgica 35. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise, Belgium. 246.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabonEstuaire Sosef, M. S. M. et al. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon (Checklist of Gabonese vascular plants). Scripta Botanica Belgica 35. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise, Belgium. 246.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabonMoyen-Ogooué Sosef, M. S. M. et al. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon (Checklist of Gabonese vascular plants). Scripta Botanica Belgica 35. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise, Belgium. 246.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabonNgounié Sosef, M. S. M. et al. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon (Checklist of Gabonese vascular plants). Scripta Botanica Belgica 35. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise, Belgium. 246.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabonNyanga Sosef, M. S. M. et al. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon (Checklist of Gabonese vascular plants). Scripta Botanica Belgica 35. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise, Belgium. 246.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabonOgooué-Ivindo Sosef, M. S. M. et al. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon (Checklist of Gabonese vascular plants). Scripta Botanica Belgica 35. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise, Belgium. 246.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabonOgooué-Lolo Sosef, M. S. M. et al. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon (Checklist of Gabonese vascular plants). Scripta Botanica Belgica 35. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise, Belgium. 246.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabonWoleu-Ntem Sosef, M. S. M. et al. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon (Checklist of Gabonese vascular plants). Scripta Botanica Belgica 35. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise, Belgium. 246.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda  Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon [Estuaire, Moyen-Ogooué, Ngounié, Nyanga, Ogooué-Ivindo, Ogooué-Lolo, Woleu-Ntem], Rwanda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola

Reference(s)
  1. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
  2. Sosef, M. S. M. et al. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon (Checklist of Gabonese vascular plants). Scripta Botanica Belgica 35. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise, Belgium. 246.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=438172. Accessed 2 November 2026.