Mucuna pruriens, Velvet bean, Cowitch - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Velvet bean, Cowitch

Botanical name & synonyms: Mucuna pruriens, Carpopogon atropurpureum, Dolichos pruriens, Mucuna atropurpurea, Mucuna axillaris, Mucuna bernieriana, Mucuna cochinchinensis, Mucuna esquirolii, Mucuna minima, Mucuna nivea, Mucuna prurita, Stizolobium atropurpureum, Stizolobium pruritum

Family: Legume, pea, bean (Fabaceae, Leguminosae)

• native to South East Asia
  

• annual or biennial
  

• 3 to 15m
  

• flower VII to IX
  

• culinary & medicinal plant