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Internal ID UUID643fdc52df373375293851
Scientific name Mucuna monosperma
Authority DC. ex Wight
First published in Bot. Misc.2: 346 (1831)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Stizolobium monospermum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl.1: 208 (1891)
Carpopogon monospermus Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 54. 1814 (as monospermum)
Stizolobium rugosum Moon
Carpopogon anguineus Roxb. ex Baker J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India2: 185 (1876)
Mucuna monosperma (Roxb.) DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 406. 1825 [mid Nov 1825]
Carpopogon monospermus (Roxb. ex Wight) Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 283 (1832)
Mucuna anguina Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 19 (1832)
Mucuna cristata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List : n.° 5623 (1831)
Mucuna corymbosa Graham Numer. List : n.° 5622 (1831)

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Arabic ميقونة أحادية البذور

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  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000200499
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60458160-2
The Plant List ild-46961
Open Tree Of Life 690589
NCBI Taxonomy 879313
IPNI 60458160-2
GBIF 2951434
EOL 655208
USDA GRIN 436897
Wikipedia Mucuna_monosperma

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Indigenous Foods of India: A Comprehensive Narrative Review of Nutritive Values, Antinutrient Content and Mineral Bioavailability of Traditional Foods Consumed by Indigenous Communities of India Kapoor R, Sabharwal M, Ghosh-Jerath S Front Sustain Food Syst 28-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC7612755
doi:10.3389/fsufs.2022.696228
PMID:35607508
Bioprocess of Microbial Melanin Production and Isolation Choi KY Front Bioeng Biotechnol 16-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8637283
doi:10.3389/fbioe.2021.765110
PMID:34869277
Assessment of genetic diversity in Mucuna species of India using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA and inter simple sequence repeat markers Patil RR, Pawar KD, Rane MR, Yadav SR, Bapat VA, Jadhav JP Physiol Mol Biol Plants 17-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4938828
doi:10.1007/s12298-016-0361-3
PMID:27436912
Traditional use and management of NTFPs in Kangchenjunga Landscape: implications for conservation and livelihoods Uprety Y, Poudel RC, Gurung J, Chettri N, Chaudhary RP J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-May-2016
PMCID:PMC4855762
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0089-8
PMID:27142597
Statistically optimized biotransformation protocol for continuous production of L-DOPA using Mucuna monosperma callus culture Inamdar SA, Surwase SN, Jadhav SB, Bapat VA, Jadhav JP Springerplus 28-Oct-2013
PMCID:PMC4320180
doi:10.1186/2193-1801-2-570
PMID:25674405
Optimization of Biotransformation of l-Tyrosine to l-DOPA by Yarrowia lipolytica-NCIM 3472 Using Response Surface Methodology Gurme ST, Surwase SN, Patil SA, Jadhav SB, Jadhav JP Indian J Microbiol 11-Jan-2013
PMCID:PMC3626946
doi:10.1007/s12088-012-0346-z
PMID:24426108
Innovative use of intact seeds of Mucuna monosperma Wight for improved yield of L-DOPA Inamdar S, Joshi S, Jadhav J, Bapat V Nat Prod Bioprospect 07-Feb-2012
PMCID:PMC4131573
doi:10.1007/s13659-011-0051-3
AFLP assessment of genetic diversity among Indian Mucuna accessions Sathyanarayana N, Leelambika M, Mahesh S, Jaheer M Physiol Mol Biol Plants 07-May-2011
PMCID:PMC3550546
doi:10.1007/s12298-011-0058-6
PMID:23573007
The evolution of bat pollination: a phylogenetic perspective Fleming TH, Geiselman C, Kress WJ Ann Bot 29-Sep-2009
PMCID:PMC2766192
doi:10.1093/aob/mcp197
PMID:19789175
Book Review: The legacy of Suśruta Meulenbeld GJ Med Hist 01-Apr-2008
PMCID:PMC2329885

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