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Velvet bean ( Mucuna pruriens)

Mucuna pruriens is commonly known as Bengal bean, common cowitch, cow-itch, cowage, cowage velvetbean, cowhage, cowitch, cowitch climber, cowitch vine, Florida velvet bean, hell fire bean, horse eye bean, itchy bean and velvet bean. It contains 5-Hydroxy-L-tryptophan, 1,3,7-Trihydroxyxanthone, Bufotenine, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, Serotonin, Cajanol, Dalbergioidin, Kievitone, (-)-Maackiain, (-)-Medicarpin and Isoprene. It is widely distributed in Kashmir; India; Sikkim; Ceylon; Burma; Indochina; Indonesia; Philippines, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Si­chuan, Taiwan, Yunnan. Mucuna pruriens is distinctive in its small flowers crowded along the upper part of the often very long inflorescence and is easily dis­tinguished from all species, except M. bracteata and M. incurvata , by its ± straight lateral veins running into the leaflet margin and its small fleshy linear fruit. . Floral Description According to Flora of China Semiwoody twining vines. Stems a...