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'''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|DiarrheaDiarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Swelling}}, {{Uses|Worms}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
===Food===
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|LeavesRoot}}, {{Parts Used|Leaf}}, {{Parts Used|Seed}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=Nayisonanguballi, Kadavare, Nayisonku balli|ml=Naicorna|sa=Atmagupta|ta=Punaippidukkan|te=Pilliadugu|hi=KiwachKewanch|en=Velvet bean, Cowitch}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Properties==
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|4–13 cm long|Purple or white|5|Usually more or less S-shaped, finely pubescent with white to light brown hairs. Flowering from September to November}}
===Fruit===
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/mucuna.html Cultivation]</ref>
<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.91, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.629, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
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