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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. Its English common names include velvet bean, Bengal velvet bean, Florida velvet bean, Mauritius velvet bean, Yokohama velvet bean, cowage, cowitch, lacuna bean, and Lyon bean. The plant is notorious for the extreme itchiness it produces on contact, particularly with the young foliage and the seed pods. It has value in agricultural and horticultural use and has a range of medicinal properties.
==Uses==