MULTILINGUAL
MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE
Sorting Mucuna names
Species on this page ( A = names approved by most
authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
Mucuna bracteata DC. Ex Kurz
SYNONYM(S) :
Carpopogon bracteatum Roxb.,
Mucuna brevipes
Craib, Mucuna exserta
C.E.C. Fisch., Mucuna
venulosa (Piper) Merr. & F.P. Metcalf, Stizolobium bracteatum (DC. ex
Kurz) Kuntze, Stizolobium
venulosum Piper
CHINESE : 黄毛
黧豆 Huang mao li dou.
THAI : หมามุ่ยน้อย
(măa mûi nói).
VIETNAMESE : Đậu mèo lá hoa, Mác
mèo cuống ngắn, Móc mèo lá bắc.
Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.) A. Chev.
SYNONYM(S) : Marcanthus cochinchinensis Lour. ,
Stizolobium cochinchinense (Lour.) Tang & Wang, Mucuna cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr.
CHINESE : 
Long zhua dou,
Long zhua dou (medicinal name), 
Li
dou, 
Li
dou, Long zhua li dou, 
Hu zhua dou, 
Mao zhua dou, Mao
dou, 
Gou zhua dou, 
Bai li dou.
ENGLISH : Velvet bean.
NEPALESE : 
Kaause simii (Kause
simi).
Considered
by some authors as a synonym of Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var. utilis
See also note 1.
Mucuna colletii Lace
ENGLISH : Black kwao krua (Med.) Related drugs White kwao krua (Pueraria
mirifica), Red kwao krua (Butea superba).
THAI : กวาวเครือ Kwaao
kreua, สะบ้าลิง Sa ba ling
(Kanchanaburi province), เบ้งเก่ Bay gao
(Karen- Kanchanaburi province), มะบ้าแมง
Ma ba maeng (Chiang Mai), ยางดำ Yang dam
(Nakhon Ratchasima Province), หมักบ้าลืมดำ
Mak ba leum dam (Sukhothai province), แฮนเฮาห้อม
Hae ho hom (Loei province).
Some of those character combinations are difficult to romanise
so one should rely mostly on the Thai names.
This is
considered as a synonym of
Mucuna macrocarpa Wall.
Mucuna
cyanosperma Schumann
SYNONYM(S) : Mucuna cyanosperma K. Schum., Stizolobium
mollissimum K. Schum., Stizolobium mollissimum (Teijsm. & Binn. ex
Kurz) Piper
ENGLISH : Papuan cotton-dye
plant.
MALAY : Joa joa (Indonesia).
This is now
Mucuna mollissima Teijsm.
& Binn. ex Kurz
Mucuna gigantea
(Willd.) DC.
SYNONYM(S) : Dolichos gigantea
Willd., Dolichos
giganteus Willd., Mucuna tashiroi Hayata, Stizolobium giganteum (Willd.) Spreng.
AFRIKAANS : Groenblom-brandpeul.
CHINESE : 巨
黧豆 Ju li dou.
ENGLISH : Black bean
(Aust.), Elephant itch, Jade
sting-pod.
FRENCH :
Liane à feuilles caduques, Liane cadoque, Liane
caïman, Mort aux rats.
JAPANESE :
ワニグチモダマ
RUSSIAN : Мукуна
гигантская Mukuna gigantskaia.
SINHALESE : Kana-pus-waela.
THAI : กระเจี๊ยบ
Krachiap, หมามุ่ย Ma mui, หมามุ่ย
ช้าง Ma mui chang, สะบ้า
ลิงลาย Saba ling lai.
VIETNAMESE : Đậu
mèo lớn, Đậu mèo to, Móc mèo lớn.
Mucuna macrocarpa Wall.
SYNONYM(S) : Mucuna bodinieri H. Lev., Mucuna castanea Merr., Mucuna colletii Lace, Mucuna ferruginea Matsum., Mucuna irukanda Ohwi, Mucuna wamgii Hu
BURMESE : Awaiting feedback.
CHINESE : 大
果油麻藤 Da guo you ma teng.
JAPANESE : イルカンダ Irukanda, 奄美大島 Irukanda,
ウジルカンダ Ujirukanda, 奄美大島 Ujirukanda,
カマエカズラ Kamae kazura,
クズモダマ Kuzumo mame, タイワンワニグチ
Taiwan waniguchi.
NEPALESE : Baldengra.
THAI : มะ
บ้า ลิง Ma ba ling, มะบ้าลิงดำ
Ma ba ling dam,
มะบ้าแมง Ma ba maeng, สะบ้า
ลิง Saba
ling, สะบ้า
ลิงดำ
Saba ling
dam.
VIETNAMESE : Đậu mèo
quả to, Móc mèo quả to.
Mucuna monosperma Wight
SYNONYM(S) : Mucuna anguina Wall., Mucuna monosperma DC., Stizolobium monospermum
(Wight) Kuntze
MARATHI : पांढरी
खाजकुइरी Pandhri khajkuiri.
NEPALESE : Baldhregra.
RUSSIAN : Мукуна
односемянная Mukuna odnosemyannaya.
THAI : มะบ้า
ลิงลาย Ma ba ling lai
(Central Thailand), ตำแยใหญ่
Dtam yae yài, มะบ้าลาย Ma ba lai (Chiang Mai),
หมามุ้ยใหญ่ Ma
mui yai (Central Thailand), สะบ้า
ลิงลาย Saba
ling lai.
Mucuna nigricans (Lour.) Steud.
SYNONYM(S) : Mucuna atropurpurea auct.
non (Roxb.) DC., Mucuna
gigantea (Willd.) DC. var. nigricans (Lour.) DC.
ENGLISH : Lyon bean.
NEPALESE : 
Kaaucir (Kaucir,
Kaochir), 
Kaauso (Kauso,
Kaucho), 
Koce.
RUSSIAN : Мукуна черната
Mukuna chernata.
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
SYNONYM(S) : Dolichos pruriens L., Mucuna minima Haines, Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) DC., Mucuna
prurita (L.)
Hook., Mucuna
esquirolii A.
Léveillé, Stizolobium
pruritum (Wight)
Piper
Common
names as for var. pruriens
See also note 1.
Mucuna pruriens
(L.) DC. var. hirsuta (Wight
& Arn.) Wilmot-Dear
SYNONYM(S) : Mucuna
hirsuta Wight & Arn. , Stizolobium hirsutum (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze
HINDI : Awaiting feedback.
JAPANESE : ムクナ・ヒ
ルスタ Mukuna hirusuta.
TAMIL : Awaiting feedback.
THAI : Awaiting feedback.
VIETNAMESE : Đậu mèo, Đậu mèo lông, Đậu mèo vằn, Đậu mèo xám.
Mucuna
pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens
BENGALI : Alakusi,
আলকুশি Alkushi.
CHINESE : 刺毛黧豆 Ci mao li
dou.
ENGLISH : Buffalo bean (USA),
Cowage, Cowitch, Cow itch, Donkey eye, Hell fire bean (USA), Itchy bean,
Wild itchy bean.
FRENCH : Poil à gratter, Pois eveque, Pois mascate (Reunion), Pois pouilleux, Pois velu.
GERMAN: Juckbohne.
HINDI : Bhainswalibel, Gaunch, Goncha, जाङ्गली
Jangali, जड़ा Jara,
Kaunch, कवांच
Kavanch, केवांच Kevanch, Kevatch, Kivach, किवांच
Kiwanch, कोंच Konch.
JAPANESE : ム
クナ・プルリエンス Mukuna
pururiensu.
KANNADA : Nasagunni
kaayi, ನಸುಗುನ್ನಿ Nasugunni .
MALAGASY : Aga, Agy, Ahagy, Takilotra, Taky fotsy.
MALAY : Kacang babi, Kacang
gatal, Kekara gatal, Kara-kara gatal, Kramé.
MALAYALAM : നായ്ക്കുരണ
Naikkuran, Naykuruna.
MARATHI :
कवचकुइरी Kavachkuiri, कवचकुइली
Kavachkuili, कवसकुइरी Kavaskuiri,
कवसकुइली Kavaskuili, Khaajkuiri, खाजरीकुइरी
Khazrikuiri, खाजरीकुइली Khazrikuili.
NEPALESE : Kaaucir (Kaucir, Kaochir), Kaause simii (Kause
simi), Kaauso (Kauso),
Kothca, Kouach.
ORIYA : Baidanka.
PORTUGUESE :
Feijão-cabeludo-da-índia, Feijão-da-flórida,
Feijão-de-gado, Feijão maluco (Angola and Mozambique),
Feijão-mucuna, Feijão-veludo, Mucuna-vilosa, Pó-de-mico.
RUSSIAN : Бархатный боб Barkhatnyj
bob, Мукуна
пруриенс Mukuna pruriens, Мукуна жгучая Mukuna zhguchaia.
SANSKRIT : आत्मगुप्ता
Atmagupta, आत्मगुप्ता
Atmagupta, जाङ्गली Jangali,
कण्डूरा Kandura, कपिकच्छ्
Kapikachu, कपिकच्छु
Kapikacchu, कुण्डल
Kundala.
SINHALESE : Achariya,
Achariya pala, Achariyapalle, Buchariwa, Bu-chariya,
Ginipus-wel, Wanduru-me, Wel-damiya.
SPANISH : Fogareté
(Dominican Republic), Picapica,
Chiporro.
SWAHILI : Upupu.
TAMIL : Chunao-avarai, Phandatullai, Poonaikkaali,
பூனைக்காலி Punaikkali, Punnaikkaali,Punnakalichi.
TELUGU : దూలగొండి
Dulagondi, దురదగొండి
Duradagondi. కండూష్పల
Kanduspala, కపికచ్ఛూః Kapikacchuh,
Pilliadugu.
THAI : หมามุ่ย Ma mui (măa mûi) (Central Thailand), หมามุ่ย
ฝักงอน (măa mûi fàk ngon),
Ma yueang (Northern Thailand).
Urdu: جانگلي Jangali, جڙا
Jara.
VIETNAMESE : Dây
sắn, Đậu mèo, Đậu mèo rừng, Dây sắn, Đậu ngứa, Đậu mèo
lông bạc, Ma niêu, Mắc mèo.
YORUBA : Warapa, Yerepe.
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wall ex Wight) Baker ex Burck.
SYNONYM(S) : Mucuna deeringiana (Bort) Merr., Mucuna nivea (Roxb.) Wight
& Arn., Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
var. nivea (Roxb.)
Haines, Mucuna
utilis Wall. ex
Wight, Mucuna
aterrima (Piper
& Tracy) Holland, Stizolobium deeringianum Bort, Stizolobium pruriens (L.) Medik., Stizolobium hassjoo Piper & Tracy
CHINESE : 黧豆 Li dou, 
Ci mao li dou, Ci mao li dou (medicinal name), Mao
dou, Gou zhua dou, 虎爪豆 Hu zhua dou
(Taiwan)..
DANISH : Fløjlsbønne,
Floejlsboenne.
DUTCH : Fluweelboon.
ENGLISH : Bengal bean, Buffalo
bean, Cowage, Florida velvet bean (USA), Lacuna bean, Lyon
bean, Lyon's bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Velvet bean,
Yokohama velvet bean.
ESTONIAN : Bengaali rasvauba.
FINNISH : Samettipapu.
FRENCH : Pois velu, Pois mascate (Reunion).
GERMAN : Samtbohne.
ITALIAN : Fagiolo vellutato.
JAPANESE : ハ
ッショウマメ Hasshou
mame,
八升豆 Hasshou mame, ム
クナ Mukuna.
MALAY : Kacang babi, Kacang
benguk, Kekara juleh, Kara benguk (Java).
PORTUGUESE :
"Cabeça-de-frade", "Café incasa", "Café
listo", Fava coceira, Fava café, Pó de mico.
RUSSIAN : Barkhatnye boby ?
SPANISH : Judia aterciopelada
de Florida, Haba terciopelo, Frijol abono, Frijol terciopelo, Guisante negro.
VIETNAMESE : Đậu
mèo.
See also note 1.
Photographs of Seeds, Flowers and pods of
purple-flowered and white-flowered types at the Illustrated
Legume Database, Japan.
Mucuna stenoplax
Wilmot-Dear
MALAY : Awaiting feedback.
THAI : หมาหมุ้ยลาย Ma mui
lai.
Note 1.
There have been attempts at introducing the modern taxonomic
classification using the now familiar group names for the
cultivated Mucuna
pruriens (L.) DC. var. utilis (Wall ex
Wight) Baker ex Burck., but the jury appears to still be out on
the decision to adopt the following.
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. (Cochinchinensis
Group)
SYNONYM(S) : Mucuna
cochinchinensis (Lour.) Cheval., Mucuna lyonii Merr. , Mucuna nivea Roxb. ex DC. ,
Stizolobium niveum
(Roxb. ex DC.) Kuntze , Stizolobium
utile subsp. niveum
(Roxb. ex DC.) Ditm.
BENGALI : Khamach.
CHINESE : Bai mao li dou.
ENGLISH : Lyon bean.
FRENCH : Pois macate.
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. (Deeringiana
Group)
SYNONYM(S) : Mucuna
minima Haines, Mucuna
pruriens (l.) DC. subsp. deeringiana (Bort) Hanelt, Stizolobium deeringianum
Bort, Stizolobium utile
(Wall. ex Wight), sensu Ditm., non Piper & Tracy, Stizolobium utile subsp. deeringianum (Bort) Ditm.,
ENGLISH : Velvet bean.
GERMAN : Samtbohne.
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