Mucuna aterrima


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Noun1.Mucuna aterrima - the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy podsMucuna aterrima - the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
mucuna - any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres
cowage - pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey
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(2015) avaliando o potencial do biocarvao de palha de cana-de-acucar no desenvolvimento de Canavalia ensiformis e Mucuna aterrima em solos contaminados, verificaram que houve menor absorcao de metais pesados pelas culturais bem como incremento na fitomassa e disponibilidade significativa de P, entretanto, esse efeito mitigador deve ser melhor avaliado uma vez que os metais pesados podem acumular-se nos tecidos das plantas.
Quartzo) Triticum aestivum Summer cover T1 Black velvet bean Mucuna aterrima T2 Gray velvet bean Mucuna cinerea T3 Sorghum Sorghum bicolor T4 Sunflower Helianthus annuus T5 Dwarf velvet bean Stizolobium deeringianum T6 Green velvet bean Mucuna pruriens var.utilis Treatment Family Density pl [ha.sup.-1] T1 - - T2 Poaceae 300.000 T3 Brassicaceae 30.000 T4 Leguminosae 150.000 T5 Poaceae 300.000 T6 Poaceae 300.000 T1 Fabaceae 30.000 T2 Fabaceae 30.000 T3 Poaceae 150.000 T4 Asteraceae 40.000 T5 Fabaceae 30.000 T6 Fabaceae 30.000 Table 2.
Chemical constituents from Mucuna aterrima with activity against Meloidogyne incognita and Heterodera glycines.
The ORGA system, with three years of adoption, was so named because of management with the use of green manures, aspig bean (Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.), velvet bean (Mucuna aterrima (Piper Tracy) Holland), sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.
As leguminosas utilizadas foram: crotalaria juncea (Crotalaria juncea L.), crotalaria espectabilis (Crotalaria spectabilis), feijao guandu anao (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp), feijao guandu arboreo (Cajanus cajan), labe-labe (Dolichos lablab), feijao-de-porco (Canavalia ensiformis) e mucuna-preta (Mucuna aterrima).
(1999) studied the phytomass of green manure and the control of weed plants as a response to population densities of leguminous species, and the largest inhibitions occurred in the plots of Mucuna aterrima and Canavalia ensiformis.