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Mucuna pruriens
(Fabaceae)
Bengal bean, Mauritius bean, cow itch, cowhage, velvet bean
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Species description or overview
Mucuna pruriens information from PIER
Information on Mucuna pruriens as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
Taxonomy & nomenclature
GRIN nomenclature info for Mucuna pruriens
Nomenclatural information about Mucuna pruriens is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.
Mucuna pruriens information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Mucuna pruriens, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
IPNI nomenclature info for Mucuna pruriens
Nomenclatural information about Mucuna pruriens is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
Impacts
Mucuna pruriens (Fabaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Mucuna pruriens as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).
Risk assessments
Mucuna pruriens weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Mucuna pruriens for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.
Images
Mucuna pruriens images from PIER
Images of Mucuna pruriens provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
Distribution
Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review
and draft regional strategy (2000) 
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.
Full-text articles
Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.
Vines and Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: an illustrated field guide to the native, naturalized or commonly cultivated vines and lianas of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: an illustrated field guide to the native, naturalized or commonly cultivated vines and lianas of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Illustrated by Bobbi Angell. 483 pages.
Control of non-native plants in natural areas of Florida
Langeland, K.A. and R.L. Stocker. (1997-)2001. Control of non-native plants in natural areas of Florida. SP 242, one of a series of the Department of Agronomy, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences, University of Florida. First printed: 1997. Revised: April, 2001.
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