Ukpo (Mucuna pruriens) is a legume powder used as a thickener in West African cuisine and consumed as a bean dish in Indonesia.

Used to derive: Tempe Benguk
Categories: Beans Thickener
Characteristic of: Javanese cuisine Nigerian cuisine
Also known as:
Indonesian: benguk
Latin species name: Mucuna pruriens
Wikidata ID: Q953611
Wikipedia title: Mucuna pruriens
References:
https://scialert.net/fulltext/?doi=pjn.2009.316.320
Wikipedia article: Mucuna pruriens
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