Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Mucuna gigantea
Scientific Name and Description
Mucuna gigantea (WILLD.) DC.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Carpopogon giganteus (Willd.) Roxb. ex Lindl.
Dolichos giganteus Willd.
Negretia gigantea (Willd.) Oken
Stizolobium giganteum (Willd.) Moon
Dolichos giganteus Willd.
Negretia gigantea (Willd.) Oken
Stizolobium giganteum (Willd.) Moon
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Kannada | thorbilingi, turibilangi |
| Malayalam | kakavalli, kaku-valli, kakuvalli |
| Tamil | kakkavali, kakkayvalli, kalakai valli, kalarkayvalli |
| Telugu | enuga-dulagondi, enugadoolagondi, enugadulagondi |
| Common names | burny bean, burney bean, velvet bean, sea bean |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Siddha
Herb usable parts
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC
Habit - Climbing liana
Parts used - Seed
Application - Sexual problems
Treatment - General
References - Prasad et al. 2014
References
Literature
Literature
Prasad et al. 2014
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Mucuna gigantea. (2023, December 16). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucuna_gigantea