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Canavalia ensiformis
(L.) DC.
Family
:
Fabaceae
(Pea Or Bean Family)
Family (Hindi name)
: PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III)
:
Leguminosae
Subfamily
: Faboideae
Basionym
: Dolichos ensiformis L.
Synonym(s)
: Canavalia ensiformis var. albida DC.; Canavalia ensiformis var. coriacea Domin; Canavalia ensiformis var. normalis Kuntze; Canavalia ensiformis var. truncata Ricker; Canavalia stocksii Dalzell & A.Gibson; Dolichos acinaciformis Jacq.; Dolichos cienskowskii Schweinf. & Asch.; Dolichos cultratus Wight ex Steud.; Dolichos ensiformis L.; Dolichos mutabilis Salisb.; Dolichos pugioniformis Raeusch.; Malocchia ensiformis Savi; Phaseolus virosus Bojer; Psophocarpus cienkowskii Schweinf. ex Baker f.
Species Name
(as per The IPNI)
:
Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.
Common name
: Horse Bean, Jack bean, Sword bean
Vernacular name
: Govijiyashivalam, Kadasambal (Hindi); Shembi avare, Kathiya vare, Tamate balli (Kannada); Kattuthammati (Tamil); Karu tamma, Adavi-thamba (Telugu); Mobra, Bahara, Kalasimo (Oria); Mahashibee; Abai (Marathi); Fangra (Mizo)
Habit
: Shrubby twining annual
Habitat
: Cultivated
Comments / notes
: The forage is palatable only when dried. Due to toxicity, caution is required in feeding herbage and pods of jack bean.
Flower, Fruit
: August-March
Distribution
:
Uttarakhand
: Uttarakhand
Native
: South and North America
Exotic/Native
: Exotic
World Distribution
: Pantropical
Literature
: Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 103
Citation
: Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets.
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