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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources15 traits
Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS18 compounds
Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 156 records
01Narrative
Mucuna urens is a species of large liana from the family Fabaceae. The plant is native to tropical Central and South America, and has been introduced into the Republic of the Congo. Common names include horse-eye bean and ox-eye bean.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTÁrea Antrópica, Floresta Ciliar ou Galeria, Floresta de Várzea, Floresta Ombrófila (= Floresta Pluvial), Restinga
Woodinesswoody
Physiology & chemistry2
Nitrogen fixingnitrogen_fixer
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
03Chemical composition18 compounds
Compounds documented for Mucuna urens across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy78% within 1 km
≤100 m 167≤1 km 49≤10 km 34>10 km 26
276 georeferenced · 67 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor343
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km
≤100 m 5≤1 km 4≤10 km 16>10 km 2
27 georeferenced · 785 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence812
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions38 of 99 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
122
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
78
Saint Louis, US
69
Kew, GB
50
Blumenau, BR
32
JBRJlocation not on record
29
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
26
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
25
Chicago, US
24
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
21
UNICAMPlocation not on record
21
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
17
Mexico City, MX
12
Porto Alegre, BR
12
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
11
Paris, FR
10
Feira de Santana, BR
9
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
9
Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record
8
Campo Mourão, BR
8
CEPLAClocation not on record
8
Salvador, BR
8
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
8
UFMGlocation not on record
7
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
7
IPA/SPlocation not on record
6
UFESlocation not on record
5
Austin, US
5
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
5
UFBAlocation not on record
5
Santarém, BR
4
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record
4
INMAlocation not on record
4
Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas - Prof. Rafael M. Moscoso, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingolocation not on record
3
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
3
ASUlocation not on record
3
Santa Teresa, BR
3
Masindi, UG
3
Miami, US
3
UFPRlocation not on record
3
LDlocation not on record
3
OTSlocation not on record
3
Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record
3
UFSClocation not on record
3
ESALQlocation not on record
3
Mérida, MX
3
León, NI
2
UEPAlocation not on record
2
PUC-RSlocation not on record
2
Durango, MX
2
Foz do Iguaçu, BR
2
UFPElocation not on record
2
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
2
Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
USP-IBlocation not on record
1
UNITINSlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Cuiabá, BR
1
Universidade Paulistalocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
1
UNISANTAlocation not on record
1
Tapachula, MX
1
Altos de Pipe, VE
1
Cascavel, BR
1
Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
La Paz, BO
1
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
1
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record
1
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
1
QCNElocation not on record
1
Anton de Kom University of Surinamelocation not on record
1
UFMSlocation not on record
1
Brasília, BR
1
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record
1
Criciúma, BR
1
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record
1
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Ilhéus, BR
1
Cenargenlocation not on record
1
UFRRJlocation not on record
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
Aarhus, DK
1
Tuscaloosa, US
1
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Llocation not on record
1
Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record
1
UESBlocation not on record
1
Bogotá, D.C., CO
1
HUENFlocation not on record
1
Fortaleza, BR
1
Collections de la Faculte des Sciences de Lyonlocation not on record
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
99 institutions · 768 of 812 vouchered records shown · 44 without an institution code
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GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
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