Mucuna papuana Adema, 2016

32. Mucuna papuana Adema View in CoL , stat. nov. & nom. nov. — Fig. 6 View Fig

Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. subsp. novo-guineensis Verdc.(1978a) 462; (1979) 453. — Type: Hartley 10172 (CANB, K, L, LAE ), Papua New Guinea, Morobe Prov., Burep River, NE of Lae .

Distribution — Malesia: Irian Jaya: Ayawasi; Papua New Guinea: Morobe, W Sepik.

Habitat & Ecology — Primary and secondary forest, regrowth, roadsides, bushes, streamside in grassland, savannah, dry gully. Altitude up to 1100 m. Flowering: April to June, September, October, December; fruiting: April, June, September, November.

Note — Most specimens are collected in Morobe Prov., PNG. One collection from Irian Jaya ( Ridsdale 2252, Ayawasi) is included here. Probably also a collection from W Sepik Prov., PNG ( Hoover 439) belongs to the present species. However, the last specimen is collected at a much higher altitude ( 600–1100 m). Verdcourt (1979) cites several specimens seen by him in Lae and remarks that the specimens cited by Schumann & Lauterbach (1901: 365) as M. pruriens may be referable to the present species. However, no duplicates of these specimens ( Hollrung 147, Lauterbach 15, 461, 2092, 2279) were seen by Verdcourt, Wiriadinata or Adema.