Difficult to grow to seed pods in Florida, as it is not native, not cold tolerant, and likely needs a pollinator (bird? or bat?) as it MA...Read MoreY have in its native Peru. Outside of its native land, one may have to open the flowers manually and pollinate them manually.
A synonym of Mucuna elliptica is Mucuna fawcettii, as determined by:
Moura, T. M., G.P. Lewis, V. F. Mansano and A. M. G. A. Tozzi; 2014. Taxonomic Studies in Mucuna Adans. (Legunminosae - Papilionoideae) from Peru.
Systematic Botany 39(3):884-896.
available here: http://www.seabean.com/Mucuna/Literature/
Difficult to grow to seed pods in Florida, as it is not native, not cold tolerant, and likely needs a pollinator (bird? or bat?) as it MA...Read More