Talk:Mucuna gigantea

A fact from Mucuna gigantea appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 September 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that seeds of the sea bean can be dispersed for long distances by ocean currents?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 04:49, 13 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the seeds of the sea bean can be dispersed for long distances by ocean currents?

Reviewed: De quinque corporibus regularibus

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 18:00, 10 September 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Starting review--Kev min § 19:44, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Article new enough and long enough. All paragraphs are cited and neurally written, with no policy issues identified. The earwig noted similarities are with taxonomic names, so not an issue. Do we have a source for the "long distances"? the source just mentions sea dispersal. An extra source will be great. Nice looking article!--Kev min § 19:57, 10 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Kevmin: I have found a source covering long distance dispersal. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:01, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Cwmhiraeth: That does seem to cover the need quite well. Thank you!

With the additional reference the nomination looks good to go. --Kev min § 19:49, 11 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Favourite with hummingbirds?[edit]

This statement is extremely doubtful - the ranges of M. gigantea and the hummingbirds do not overlap. Hummingbirds are restricted to the Americas, while the burny bean is found half a world away in the perimeters of the Indian Ocean. Junglenut |Talk 23:23, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]