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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|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Swelling}}, {{Uses|Worms}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
==Uses=Food==={{Uses|Nervous system problems}}, {{Uses|Stress}}, {{Uses|Parkinson’s disease}}, {{Uses|Brain disease}}, {{Uses|Prolactin levels}}, {{Uses|Male Infertility}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}Mucuna pruriens can be used in Food. Leaves and seeds are cooked as vegetable.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==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==
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Mucuna pruriens Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin- A, Thiamine (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), Pantothenic acid (B5), B6 and C; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==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. Flowering from September to November}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|simpleSimple|7–10 mm|clearly Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||100-seed}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==How to plant/cultivate==
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 growing in areas==
File:Mucuna pruriens (1844033988).jpg
File:Mucuna pruriens 2 (4507634804).jpg
File:Mucuna-pruriens-seeds.jpg|Seeds
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==References==
<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="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>
</references>
==External Links==
* [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]
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