毛瓜木是疏林或次生林中常见树种。初期生长比较快,干形端直,天然整枝良好;木材硬度中等,花纹美观,加工容易是较好的家具用材。种子榨油可供工业用。形态特征乔木,高可达30米,胸径30—40厘米。树形开展,枝条平伸,小枝略下垂。树皮中幼龄时灰白色,具皮孔,后变黑褐色,纵裂,内皮橙黄色。小枝幼时被黄色柔毛,后变无毛。叶厚纸质,阔卵形至椭圆状卵 Mucuna is a common wood species in sparse forests or secondary forests. The initial growth is relatively fast, straight stem dry, natural pruning good; medium wood hardness, beautiful patterns, easy processing is better furniture timber. Seed oil for industrial use. Morphological characteristics of trees, up to 30 meters high, diameter 30-40 cm. Tree-shaped branches extending, slightly drooping branches. Bark young and gray, with lenticels, later dark brown, longitudinal crack, the inner orange-yellow. Branchlets yellowish pubescent when young, glabrescent. Leaf thick paper, broadly ovate to oval-shaped egg