Mid-South Gardening: ID, please, 1 by SilkKnoll

SilkKnoll wrote:
I checked my notes. I think you've got Mucuna urens, "Red Hamburger Bean." This page from seabean.com covers it pretty well, including the uninteresting flower, which is what convinced me not to bother trying to grow it: http://www.seabean.com/guide/Mucuna_urens/

There are other Mucunas that have spectacular flowers, like

Mucuna bennettii: http://www.hawaiiantropicalplants.com/PHOTOS/Mucuna_bennetti...

Mucuna cyclocarpa: http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc37/Leu51/Vines/img_1929...

and

Mucuna nigricans: http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/2009/01/27/plantattraction/...

But, one seed of these can sell for $15..........