Mucuna bennettii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Tribe: | Phaseoleae |
Genus: | Mucuna |
Species: | M. bennettii |
Binomial name | |
Mucuna bennettii F.Muell. |
Mucuna bennettii, commonly known as New-Guinea creeper or scarlet jade vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, that is native to Papua New Guinea.
The species was formally described by Victorian government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1876.