Fabaceae
Cowitch
Mucuna pruriens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mucuna
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (45)
- Arabic
- ميقونة شهوانية, ميوكونة البقر
- arz
- ميقونه شهوانيه
- Bangla
- আলকুশি, বিলাই খামচি
- Burmese
- ခွေးလှေယားပင်
- Catalan
- Mongeta de vellut
- Chinese
- 刺毛黧豆, 狸爪豆, 狸豆
- dag
- Laam
- Dutch
- Fluweelboon
- English
- Cowitch, Velvet bean, Cowage, Cowhage
- ff
- Nyanyare gaduuru
- French
- Pois mascate
- German
- Juckbohne
- Gujarati
- કવચ, કુવેચ
- Haitian Creole
- Pwa grate
- Hausa
- Karara
- Hebrew
- Mucuna pruriens'
- Hindi
- किवांच
- Indonesian
- Kara benguk
- Japanese
- ハッショウマメ
- Javanese
- Benguk
- Kannada
- ನಸುಗುನ್ನಿ
- kcg
- A̱yangkwai, A̱yaayangkwai
- Korean
- 우단콩
- Malagasy
- Takilodambo, Tainkilotra, Ampsy-dy, Ampômbofôfo, Tainkilotro
- Malayalam
- നായ്ക്കുരണ, നായക്കൊരണ, നായ്കുരണ, നായ്കുരണചെടി, നായ്കുരണച്ചെടി, നായ്കുരണപരിപ്പ്, നായ്കുരണപ്പരിപ്പ്, നായ്ക്കുരണചെടി
- Manipuri
- ꯁꯥꯃꯨ ꯍꯋꯥꯏ
- Marathi
- कुहिला, कुहीरी, खाजकुयली
- Nepali
- काउसो
- Odia
- ବାଇଡ଼ଙ୍କ
- Persian
- مکونا پرورینز
- Polish
- Świerzbiec właściwy, Aksamitne ziarno
- Portuguese
- Feijão-da-flórida
- Punjabi
- ਕੌਂਚ ਫਲੀ
- Russian
- Мукуна жгучая
- sat
- ᱮᱛᱠᱟ
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၵၢႆးယွၼ်း, မၢၵ်ႇၵၢႆးယွၼ်း
- Sinhala
- වඳුරු මෑ
- Spanish
- Chiporazo, Chiporro, Frijol terciopelo, Grano de mar, Grano de terciopelo, Kapikachu, Nescafe, Ojo de venado
- Swahili
- Mpupu
- Tamil
- பூனைக்காலி
- tcy
- ನಾಯಿ ಸೊಡಂಕ್
- Telugu
- దూలగొండి, దురదగొండి
- Thai
- หมามุ้ย, หมามุ่ย, หมาหมุ้ย
- Vietnamese
- Đậu mèo rừng
- Yoruba
- Werepe, Yerepe
Synonyms
- Carpogon capitatus Roxb.
- Carpogon niveus Roxb.
- Carpopogon pruriens (L.) Roxb.
- Dolichos pruriens L.
- Hornera pruriens (L.) Neck.
- Labradia pruriens (L.) Swediaur
- Marcanthus cochinchinense Lour.
- Mucuna cochinchinense (Lour.) A.Chev.
- Mucuna prurita (L.) Hook.
- Mucuna prurita Wight
- Negretia pruriens (L.) Oken
- Stizolobium cochinchinense (Lour.) Burk
- Stizolobium pruriens (L.) Medik.
- Stizolobium pruritum Piper
Flowers
- In flower
- October to December (from 81 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: maryury, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Helio Lourencini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agong1, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Belayet2014, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: deepachandran, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Belayet2014, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Mucuna
- Flame of the forestMucuna bennettiiFabaceae
- SeabeanMucuna giganteaFabaceae
- Oxeye beanMucuna urensFabaceae
- Mucuna birdwoodianaFabaceae
- Mucuna monospermaFabaceae
- Mucuna sempervirensFabaceae
- Mucuna holtoniiFabaceae
- Mucuna interruptaFabaceae
- Mucuna macrocarpaFabaceae
- Mucuna poggeiFabaceae
- Mucuna bracteataFabaceae
- Mucuna coriaceaFabaceae
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.