Fabaceae
Flame of the forest
Mucuna bennettii
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mucuna
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Flame of the forest, New Guinea creeper, Red jade vine, Scarlet jade vine
Synonyms
- Mucuna elegans Merr. & L.M.Perry
- Mucuna miniata Merr.
- Stizolobium bennettii (F.Muell.) Kuntze
Photos
FlowerPhoto: James K. Douch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Graham Winterflood, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: This photo has been taken by Matthieu Sontag, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Natalia Kourlovitch from Reggio Emilia, Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wilmotsenaratne, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.