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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=Food==={{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}Mucuna pruriens can be used in Food. Leaves and seeds are cooked as vegetable.<ref name="UsesForest foods of Western Ghat"/>

{{Parts Used|Dried FolaigeRoot}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herbLeaf}}, {{Parts Used|Seed}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.

{{Common names|kn=Nayisonanguballi, Kadavare, Nayisonku balli|ml=Naicorna|sa=Atmagupta|ta=Punaippidukkan|te=Pilliadugu|hi=Kewanch|en=AgrimonyVelvet bean, Cowitch}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>

{{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|Unisexual|4–13 cm long|purple Purple or white|5|Usually more or less S-shaped, finely pubescent with white to light brown hairs. Flowering from September to November}}

{{Fruit|simpleSimple|7–10 mm|clearly Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||100-seed}}

* [[Vishatinduka TailaMushalyadi churna]] as ''root juice extract'', [[Iksurahdi lehyam]], [[Mashabaladi kashaya]], [[Amritaprasha ghrita]], [[Confido]], [[Jariforte]], [[Tentex Forte]], [[Mentat]], [[Vigorex]]<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>

Mucuna is a popular kharif crop in India. Seeds are sown at rate of 50 kg/ha between 15 June to 15th July with plant spacing of 60 × 60 cm. Delayed sowing may result in infestation of aphids (Aphis craccivora) (Oudhia 2001a ).<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Mucuna pruriens is available through August to January<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.

{{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadowsMeadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}.

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<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="MorphologyAyurvedic 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><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="How to plant/cultivateKarnataka Medicinal Plants">[https://hort”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R.purdueGurudeva, Page No.edu/newcrop629, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/CropFactSheets/mucuna.html "Cultivation"]7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>

* [http://www.zdbiological.com/herbarl/42.html Mucuna pruriens on zd biological product centrewww.zdbiological.com]* [https://wwwpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed28922612/28922612 Analysis of Levodopa Content in Commercial Mucuna pruriens Products Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatographyon pubmed.ncbi.in] * [http://shivshaktiherbal.in/Mucuna_pruriens_Extract.html Mucuna pruriens on sivashakti herbalshivshaktiherbal.in]