Mucuna Species

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.

The seed of this species is often referred to as the "Thick-Banded Mucuna" (aka "TBM") due to its thick black hilum. see:
http://www.seabean.com/guide/Mucuna_elliptica/
http://www.seabean.com/Mucuna/elliptica/

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/