and the hallucinogenic tryptamines 5-MeO-DMT, bufotenine and dimethyltryptamine, Mucuna is not traditionally consumed as a food crop, but some preliminary experiments have shown that if the antinutrients are removed or at least brought down to safe level, the beans can be fed to livestock or people. The L-dopa content is the most important and difficult toxin to get rid of. The seeds must be extensively processed before they can be safely eaten. Diallo & Berhe found the best method was to crack open the seeds and soak them in constantly running fresh water such as under an open faucet for 36 hours, or to put them in a bag and leave in a flowing river for 72 hours, before cooking them for over an hour. Over a thousand people in the Republic of Guinea were fed a meal of Mucuna (mixed with many other ingredients) with no obvious ill effects. Species Plants of the World Online currently (2023) includes: Mucuna acuminata Graham ex Baker Mucuna aimun Wiriad. Mucuna analuciana T.M.Moura, Mansano & A.M.G.Azevedo Mucuna angustifolia Adema Mucuna argentea T.M.Moura, G.P.Lewis & A.M.G.Azevedo Mucuna argyrophylla Standl. Mucuna atropurpurea (Roxb.) DC. ex Wight Mucuna aurea C.B.Rob. Mucuna bennettii F.Muell. – red jade vine Mucuna biplicata Teijsm. & Binn. ex Kurz Mucuna birdwoodiana Tutcher Mucuna bodinieri H.Lév. Mucuna brachycarpa Rech. Mucuna bracteata DC. ex Kurz Mucuna cajamarca T.M.Moura, G.P.Lewis & A.M.G.Azevedo Mucuna calophylla W.W.Sm. Mucuna canaliculata Verdc. Mucuna championii Benth. Mucuna chiapaneca M.Sousa & T.M.Moura Mucuna coriacea Baker M. coriacea subsp. coriacea M. coriacea subsp. irritans (Burtt Davy) Verdc. Mucuna cuatrecasasii Hern.Cam. & C.Barbosa ex L.K.Ruíz Mucuna curranii Elmer Mucuna cyclocarpa F.P.Metcalf Mucuna diabolica Backer Mucuna diplax Wilmot-Dear Mucuna discolor Merr. & L.M.Perry Mucuna ecuatoriana T.M.Moura, G.P.Lewis, Mansano & A.M.G.Azevedo Mucuna elliptica DC. Mucuna elmeri Merr. Mucuna eurylamellata Adema Mucuna ferox Verdc. Mucuna flagellipes Vogel ex Hook.f. Mucuna gigantea (Willd.) DC. Mucuna glabra (Reinecke) Wilmot-Dear Mucuna glabrialata (Hauman) Verdc. Mucuna globulifera T.M.Moura, N.Zamora & A.M.G.Azevedo Mucuna gracilipes Craib Mucuna guangxiensis K.W.Jiang & Y.Feng Huang Mucuna hainanensis Hayata Mucuna havilandii Wiriad. Mucuna hirtipetala Wilmot-Dear & R.Sha Mucuna holtonii (Kuntze) Moldenke Mucuna hooglandii Verdc. Mucuna humblotii Drake Mucuna imbricata (Roxb. ex Lindl.) DC. ex Baker Mucuna incurvata Wilmot-Dear & R.Sha Mucuna interrupta Gagnep. (synonym M. nigricans) Mucuna japira A.M.G.Azevedo, K.Agostini & Sazima Mucuna jarocha T.M.Moura, Mansano, Gereau & A.M.G.Azevedo Mucuna kabaenensis Adema Mucuna kawakabuti Wiriad. Mucuna keyensis Burck Mucuna killipiana Hern.Cam. & C.Barbosa Mucuna klitgaardiae