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Mucuna gigantea

Kākā Tea

Sea Bean

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Sea Bean

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Kākā Tea (RR), Kākā Makatea (MG), Kākā (AT); Other Polynesian - Fue Inu (SAM)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - India - China - Australia - Societies - Hawai‘i

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Land, lowlands - mountains (++)

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
+++
+++
++
-
-
-

Northern Group: -
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-
-
-
-
-
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Mucuna gigantea (Willd.)
SYNONYMS: Mucuna gigantea gigantea [India-Societies-Hawaii]; Dolichos gigantea

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Fabales (Legumes); FABACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.688 Wagner et al.- Flowering Plants of Hawaii
p.462 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.3/211 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.276 I Cheeseman - Flora of Rarotonga
p.60 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga
p.365d Whistler - Ethnobotany of the Cook Islands
p.89 McCormack/Kunzle - Rarotonga's Mountain Tracks and Plants

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM03a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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