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Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-27
Page range: 153–158
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Mucuna yadaviana sp. nov. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) from the Andaman Islands, India

Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 416004, India
Department of Botany, The New College, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 416012, India
Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, 416004, India
South Andaman Island Mucuna imbricata Mucuna atropurpurea seed hilum Eudicots

Abstract

A new species Mucuna yadaviana is described and illustrated. It grows in the tropical evergreen forests of the Andaman Islands of India. It resembles Mucuna imbricata in having lamellate and winged pods, but differs by a set of characters relating to habit, leaf and seeds.