Fabaceae
Seabean
Mucuna gigantea
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mucuna
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- ميقونة عملاقة
- Chinese
- 巨黧豆, 大血藤, 巨油麻藤, 巨黎豆
- English
- Seabean, Burny bean, Sea bean, Velvet bean
- Japanese
- ワニグチモダマ
- Thai
- หมามุ่ยช้าง
- Vietnamese
- Đậu mèo lớn
Synonyms
- Carpogon giganteus (Willd.) Roxb.
- Carpopogon giganteum (Willd.) Roxb.
- Carpopogon giganteus (Willd.) Roxb. ex Lindl.
- Dolichos gigantea Willd.
- Dolichos giganteus Willd.
- Negretia gigantea (Willd.) Oken
- Stizolobium giganteum (Willd.) Moon
- Stizolobium giganteum (Roxb.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: M108t, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.