A revision of Mucuna (Leguminosae ― Phaseoleae) in the Indian subcontinent and Burma

The nine species found in the Indian subcontinent and Burma are described below, one further species, M. hirsuta Wight & Arn., being reduced to a variety of M. pruriens (L.) DC. Of these, M. imbricata, M. atropurpurea and the above mentioned variety are endemic to the region, the latter two being restricted to Peninsular India; four of the remainder are restricted to the North and East of the region and occur also in China and/or Indochina and the Malay Islands while a further species occurs also in Peninsular India; only two, M. pruriens (excluding var. hirsuta) and M. gigantea, are more widely distributed.