Pan India Bouquets

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. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Canavalia ensiformis. Downloaded on 29 June 2022.

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