Mucuna gigantea (burny bean)

Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. (1825) . 
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. subsp. gigantea (1976) .

Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. (1825) → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/105672/api/apni-format  .
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. subsp. gigantea (1976) → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/105674/api/apni-format .
Mucuna ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Mucuna&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true
Viewed: 2025 July 10th .

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024)
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria .
Mucuna gigantea

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.:
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/

Computer (desktops and laptops) software:
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/  
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/ 

Viewed: 2025 July 10th .

• Zich Frank A., Bernie P. M. Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A. Kerrigan (2020) 
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. subsp. gigantea fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/mucuna_gigantea_subsp._gigantea.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 July 10th .

• Bean Anthony R. (2025) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2023.
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2023 
Dataset Accessed: 2026 July 10th .

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Mucuna~gigantea 
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. subsp. gigantea → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Mucuna~gigantea
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Viewed: 2025 July 10th .

• Western Australian Herbarium (1998–).
Florabase—the Western Australian flora.
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. profile page: → https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/4107 
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. subsp. gigantea profile page: → https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/17274 
Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/
Viewed: 2025 July 10th .

• Northern Territory Herbarium (2015–)
FloraNT Northern Territory Flora Online
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. fact sheet: → https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=2383 
Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. subsp. gigantea fact sheet: → https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=20144 
Department of Land Resource Management .
→ http://eflora.nt.gov.au
Viewed: 2025 July 10th .

• Cooper, Wendy and William T. (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 213–214 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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