MUCUNA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V18,
Page 955
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
MUCUNA
, a genus of twining plants, belonging to the natural See also: - ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
, and natives of the tropics
.
M. pruriens is popularly known as cowhage or cowitch, a corruption of the Hindu Kiwach
.
It is a tall annual climber with large dark purple pea-like flowers, and golden- See also: - BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
velvety pods recalling those of the sweet pea, the hairs or bristles on which often raise blisters on the skin
.
It is common in the tropical regions of India, Africa and America, and the hairs on the pod have long been used in medicine as a vermifuge
.
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