Mucuna Plants — Species, Care & Identification
Mucuna is a plant genus in the Fabaceae family. PlantoScan has care guides for 18 species in this genus. Each guide covers watering, light, soil, hardiness zone and pet toxicity, with sources.
Mucuna species
Holton's velvet bean
Mucuna holtonii
Franz XaverCC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Velvet Bean
Mucuna pruriens
Helio LourenciniCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized
Ox Eye Bean
Mucuna urens
Forest & Kim StarrCC BY 3.0Wikimedia Commonsresized
Ana Luciana's Mucuna
Mucuna analuciana
AI generated
Narrowleaf Mucuna
Mucuna angustifolia
AI generated
Silverleaf Mucuna
Mucuna argyrophylla
Alexis López HernándezCC BY 4.0iNaturalistresized
- New Guinea CreeperMucuna bennettiiPlantoScan
New Guinea Creeper
Mucuna bennettii
- Mucuna bracteataMucuna bracteataPlantoScan
Mucuna bracteata
- Mucuna flagellipesMucuna flagellipesPlantoScan
Mucuna flagellipes
- Sea BeanMucuna giganteaPlantoScan
Sea Bean
Mucuna gigantea
- Mucuna interruptaMucuna interruptaPlantoScan
Mucuna interrupta
- Mucuna monospermaMucuna monospermaPlantoScan
Mucuna monosperma
- Velvet BeanMucuna paniculataPlantoScan
Velvet Bean
Mucuna paniculata
- Velvet BeanMucuna pruriens var. hirsutaPlantoScan
Velvet Bean
Mucuna pruriens var. hirsuta
- Velvet BeanMucuna pruriens var. pruriensPlantoScan
Velvet Bean
Mucuna pruriens var. pruriens
- Velvet BeanMucuna pruriens var. utilisPlantoScan
Velvet Bean
Mucuna pruriens var. utilis
- Mucuna sanjappaeMucuna sanjappaePlantoScan
Mucuna sanjappae
- Velvet beanMucuna sericophyllaPlantoScan
Velvet bean
Mucuna sericophylla
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