Mucuna coriacea Baker GRIN-Global

Taxon: Mucuna coriacea Baker

Summary

Genus:

Mucuna

Family:

Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)

Subfamily:

Faboideae

Tribe:

Phaseoleae

Nomen number:

24637

Place of publication:

D. Oliver, Fl. trop. Afr. 2:187. 1871

Verified:

06/29/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Mucuna coriacea Baker subsp. irritans (Burtt Davy) Verdc. (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Stizolobium coriaceum (Baker) Kuntze

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Mucuna rhynchosioides Taub.
Stizolobium rhynchosioides (Taub.) Piper

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Reference(s)

Grobbelaar, N. et al. 1967. A qualitative study of the nodulating ability of legume species: List 1. Publ. Univ. Pretoria ser. 2, 38:1-9.
Hennessy, E. F. 1991. Erythrineae (Fabaceae) in Southern Africa. Bothalia 21:21.
Lock, J. M. Legumes of Africa: a checklist. 1989
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Transvaal
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Zaire

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa [Transvaal]
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Zaire

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24637. Accessed 1 May 2026.