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Mucuna pruriens var. utilis

Species category

Agricultural

Common name

velvet bean, cowitch, Florida velvet-bean, Bengal velvet-bean, cowage velvet-bean

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

Globose

Size

  • Length 11 mm 
  • Width 8 mm 
  • Thickness 8 mm 

Color

Light and dark brown mottled

Texture

Smooth

Other structures

Large protruding hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 area present.

Identification notes

White is also part of the seed color.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Fabaceae

Valid name

Mucuna pruriens var. utilis (Wall. ex Wight) Baker ex Burck

Synonyms

Mucuna aterrima (Piper & Tracy) Holland
Mucuna deeringiana (Bort) Merr.
Stizolobium aterrimum Piper & Tracy
Stizolobium deeringianum Bort
Stizolobium velutinum (Hassk.) Piper & Tracy

Mucuna pruriens var. utilis. Seeds that are light and dark brown mottled, with some white. 
Mucuna pruriens var. utilis. Seeds that are light and dark brown mottled, with some white.