Mucuna bennettii

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]

Mucuna bennettii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Mucuna
Species:	M. bennettii
Binomial name
Mucuna bennettii F.Muell.[2][3]

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.

See also

• Jade vine