Mucuna occurs as genus of 33 accepted species of climbing vines and shrubs of the family Fabaceae, found worldwide in the timberland of tropical areas. A leaves come Three-palmate, alternate or even spiraled, & a flowers come pea-rather however big, sustaining distinctive curving petals, and occurring around racemes.

Many mintage, like a New Guinea creeper and Mucuna pruriens have brought into cultivation, although at temperatures below astir Ten °C it want to become grown inside.

These are of a few interest as a cover crop for tropical areas, and occurs as food crop within eastern Nigeria, although L-dopa content makes it less desirable.

Many Mucuna coinage come utilized as a foodplant by caterpillars of the Blue Morpho butterfly of Central & South America.