Mucuna pruriens

Summary

Mucuna pruriens is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (677 views/month, #1,239 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mucuna pruriens's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Mucuna pruriens is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Mucuna pruriens is classified within Mucuna^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Mucuna pruriens is Mucuna pruriens^[6].
• Mucuna pruriens is a type of useful plant^[7].
• Mucuna pruriens is used for medicinal plant^[8].
• Mucuna pruriens's Commons category is recorded as Mucuna pruriens^[9].
• Mucuna pruriens's has basionym is recorded as Dolichos pruriens^[10].
• Mucuna pruriens's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mucuna pruriens^[11].
• Mucuna pruriens's Commons gallery is recorded as Mucuna pruriens^[12].
• Mucuna pruriens's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e^[13].
• Mucuna pruriens's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4^[14].
• Mucuna pruriens's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 41^[15].
• Mucuna pruriens's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[16].
• Mucuna pruriens's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24652^[17].
• Mucuna pruriens's short name is recorded as M. pruriens^[18].
• Mucuna pruriens is commonly known as cowitch^[19].
• Mucuna pruriens is commonly known as 刺毛黧豆^[20].
• Mucuna pruriens is commonly known as 狸豆^[21].
• Mucuna pruriens is commonly known as 狸爪豆^[22].
• Mucuna pruriens is commonly known as 刺毛黧豆^[23].
• Mucuna pruriens is commonly known as Tainkilotra^[24].
• Mucuna pruriens's has fruit type is recorded as silique^[25].
• Mucuna pruriens's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[26].
• Mucuna pruriens's taxon author citation is recorded as (L.) DC.^[27].

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Classification

Mucuna pruriens's scientific name is Mucuna pruriens^[6]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It is classified within Mucuna^[5]. Recorded taxon common name include cowitch^[19], 刺毛黧豆^[20], 狸豆^[21], 狸爪豆^[22], and Tainkilotra^[24].

Identifiers

Mucuna pruriens's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 165536^[28]. Mucuna pruriens's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 157652^[29]. Mucuna pruriens's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 645045^[30]. Mucuna pruriens's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2951499^[31]. Mucuna pruriens's ITIS TSN is recorded as 26797^[32].

Why It Matters

Mucuna pruriens ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (677 views/month, #1,239 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]