Mucuna bennettii
Species of legume
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Mucuna bennettii, commonly known as New Guinea creeper, red jade vine or flame of the forest,[4][5] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, that is distributed from Sulawesi to Vanuatu.[2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Mucuna |
| Species: | M. bennettii |
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The species was formally described by Victorian government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1876.[6] It has glossy, green leaves on twining stems and long pendants of claw-like, fiery scarlet flowers.
