Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Mucuna > Mucuna urens

Mucuna urens (oxeye bean; Ojo De Buey; Yeux Bourrique; Torteza; Pica Pica; Ox-eye Bean; Guaimate; Fogarate)

Synonyms:

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Vine

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ciénaga de Zapata National Park 1606900 Cuba  
Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve Ia 19317 Costa Rica  

Providers

Pollinated by 
Anoura caudifer (tailed tailless bat)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Bat-pollinated Flower Assemblages and Bat Visitors at Two Atlantic Forest Sites in Brazil, MARLIES SAZIMA, SILVANA BUZATO and IVAN SAZIMA, Annals of Botany 83: 705–712, 1999
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0