Mucuna tomentosa

K. Schum.

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Papua New Guinea, PNG,

Countries: Papua New Guinea

A climbing shrub in the bean family (Fabaceae) native to tropical regions, bearing edible fruit.

Names & Synonyms

Hulhaeruwk

References (1)

Sillitoe, P. 1995, An Ethnobotanical Account of the Plant Resources of the Wola Region, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. J. Ethnobiol. 15(2): 201-235