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[[File:Mucuna pruriens flower.jpg|thumb|right|''Kapikachuchu'', ''Cowhage'', ''Mucuna pruriens'']]
'''Kapikachuchu''' is a tropical legume native to Africa and tropical Asia and widely naturalized and cultivated. The plant is notorious for the extreme itchiness it produces on contact, particularly with the young foliage and the seed pods.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Nervous system problems}}, {{Uses|Stress}}, {{Uses|Parkinson’s disease}}, {{Uses|Brain disease}}, {{Uses|Prolactin levels}}, {{Uses|Male Infertility}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|trifoliateTrifoliate|lateral Lateral leaflets conspicuously asymmetrical, 7–15 cm long, 5–12 cm wide, terminal leaflet symmetrical, somewhat smaller}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|4–13 cm long|purple Purple or white|5|Usually more or less S-shaped, finely pubescent with white to light brown hairs}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|simpleSimple|7–10 mm|clearly Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||100-seed}}
===Other features===
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.nutragreenbio.com/product/mucuna-pruriens-extract "chemical Chemical Constituents"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/forages/Media/Html/entities/mucuna_pruriens.htm "Morphology"]</ref><ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2012/12/26/kapikacchu-mucuna-pruriens-benefits-dose-side-effects-ayurveda/ "Ayurvedic preparations"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/mucuna.html "Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>
