Occurrence record: Herbarium:K000557389
Specimen
of
Mucuna occidentalis
recorded on 2019-09-08
Dataset
| Data resource | Fabaceae |
| Institution code |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Supplied institution code "K" |
| Collection code |
Herbarium
Supplied collection code "Herbarium" |
| Catalogue number | K000557389 |
| Occurrence ID | http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000557389 |
| Basis of record | Preserved specimen |
| Identified by | Burgt, X.M. van der |
| Collector | de Nevers, G. |
| Collector number | 14475 |
| License | other |
| Modified | 2024-08-13 Supplied as 2024-08-13 10:52:27.830000 |
| Occurrence status | present |
| Abcd identification qualifier | Not provided |
Event
| Occurrence date |
2019-09-08
Supplied date "2019-09-08 00:00:00.0000000" |
| Date precision | Day |
| Event remarks | Vigorous vine, not woody, climbing to the top of a Borassus palm and covering it. Petals dirty white. Irritating hairs at base of calyx. Pular = baagi, noted for causing itching when handled. |
Taxonomy
| Higher classification | Fabaceae |
| Scientific name | Mucuna occidentalis |
| Taxon rank | species |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Family | Fabaceae |
| Genus | Mucuna |
| Species | Mucuna occidentalis |
| Taxonomic issue | No issues |
| Name match metric |
Exact match
The supplied name matched the name exactly. |
| Name parse type | SCIENTIFIC |
| Scientific name authorship | (Hepper) T.M.Moura & G.P.Lewis |
Geospatial
| Country | Guinea |
| Locality | 22 km west of Telimele, seasonal deciduous forest in broad river valley with large rock outcrops. |
| Habitat | In the Borassus patch SW of Tulde Gemme. |
| Latitude | 10.916666666666666 |
| Longitude | -13.283333333333331 |
| Geodetic datum | EPSG:4326 |
| Coordinate precision | Unknown |
| Country code | GN |
