Mucuna pruriens (seed)

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Revision as of 17:58, 21 July 2015

AHPA recognizes other valuable resources exist regarding the identity of Mucuna pruriens.

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Contents

Nomenclature

Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.   Fabaceae  
Standardized common name (English): velvet bean  
Ayurvedic name(s): atmagupta; kapikacchu

Botanical Voucher Specimen

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Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - Starr - 1686312-01.jpg
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Source: Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden[1]

Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - Starr - v-152-00989135.jpg
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Source: Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden[2]

Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. - Starr - v-152-00989137.jpg
Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC.
Source: Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden[3]

Organoleptic Characteristics

Macroscopic Characteristics

[Mucuna pruriens] is a leguminous climbing plant ... The fruit is a coriaceous pod, shaped like the Italic letter f, about four inches long, and covered with brown bristly hairs, which easily separate, and when handled stick in the fingers, producing an intense itching sensation.

Source: United States Dispensatory (1918) [4]

Microscopic Characteristics

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Mucuna pruriens Alkemist Laboratories.jpg
Starch granules seen under polarized light showing observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[5]

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Small group of pigmented osteosclerieds observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution.
Source: Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories[6]


High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification

Supplementary Information

Sources

  1. ↑ Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/VirtualHerbarium.asp
  2. ↑ Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/VirtualHerbarium.asp
  3. ↑ Images courtesy of the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/VirtualHerbarium.asp
  4. ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
  5. ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
  6. ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
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