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Mucuna gigantea Images

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Mucuna gigantea
Ripening seedpods
Photograph by: Unknown
Image credit to Australian National Botanic Gardens

Mucuna gigantea
Close-up of the flowers - and lots of small ants
Photograph by: Forest and Kim Starr
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Mucuna gigantea
Flowers and leaves
Photograph by: Unknown
Image credit to Australian National Botanic Gardens

Mucuna gigantea
Botanical specimen of the dried leaves and stem
Photograph by: Unknown
Image credit to Australian National Botanic Gardens

Mucuna gigantea
Bark and a cross-section of the stem
Photograph by: Unknown
Image credit to Australian National Botanic Gardens

Mucuna gigantea
A vigorous climber, the plant can drape over even tall trees, as here in Kakipi Gulch, Hawaii
Photograph by: Forest and Kim Starr
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Mucuna gigantea
Lots of climbing stems here, making their way into the trees
Photograph by: Lauren Gutierrez
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Mucuna gigantea
Seed
Photograph by: Forest and Kim Starr
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