Mucuna macrocarpa | Rusty Leaf Muunai | 10_Seeds Gold-bordered Hairstreak

Mucuna macrocarpa | Rusty Leaf Muunai | 10_Seeds Gold-bordered HairstreakThis is Mucuna macrocarpa, also known as Rusty Leaf Muunai, and Large fruit Mucuna. The beautiful flowers on this woody climber resemble the beak of a parrot. The yellow and purple blossoms gather in a huge bouquet of over 100 flowers that extends down 20 inch racemes. This is a great ornamental plant for warm tropical climates. These seeds have given 100% germination in small 20 seed batches. Some people claim that these seeds are hard to germinate,

It is a sacred plant for both Hindus and Buddhists

Nandi Flame

This is a nectar plant for a group of butterflies called the longwings or heliconians

These fragrant flowers like to live in sun or partial shade

It is beautifully stunning with its striped leaves and brilliant colors

This is Beschorneria yuccoides

this plant is a single stalk

North American Indians dries and aged the roots of this plant

USDA Hardiness Zones 7 to 10

It is popular with the birds

Rhododendrons in general are larval host plants for the Gray Comma

These seeds were collected from Acacia melanoxylon