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Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-29
Page range: 118–122
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Mucuna laticifera, a new species from north-eastern India

12, Varshanand Soc. Anandnagar, Sinhagad road, Pune 411051, India.
Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.
Department of Botany, Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 416004, India.
Department of Botany, Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 416004, India.
Mucuna India Eudicots

Abstract

Mucuna laticifera, a new species of Fabaceae from Sikkim state of India is described and illustrated here. It can be distinguished from its closely related species by the presence of a watery latex, uniformly green to pale yellow corolla, glabrous standard and wings and parallel pod margins.