Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. (Syn: Canavalia ensiformis var. albida DC.; Canavalia ensiformis var. truncata Ricker; Canavalia gladiata f. leucocarpa Taub.; Canavalia gladiata var. leucosperma Voigt; Dolichos acinaciformis Jacq.; Dolichos ensiformis L.; Dolichos pugioniformis Raeusch.; Malocchia ensiformis (L.) Savi); India (I) ; Andhra Pradesh; Arunachal Pradesh ; Assam; Bihar ; Delhi ; Goa ; Gujarat ; Haryana; Himachal Pradesh; Jammu-Kashmir; Karnataka; Kerala ; Madhaya Pradesh ; Maharashtra ; Manipur ; Meghalaya; Mizoram; Nagaland ; Orissa ; Pondicherry; Punjab; Rajasthan; Sikkim ; Tamil Nadu; Tripura; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal and other countries as per ILDIS; Andaman Is; Angola; Argentina; Australia; Bangladesh; Belize; Benin; Bolivia;
Brazil; Cameroon; Chad; Chagos Archipelago; China; Colombia; Comoro Is; Costa
Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; East Timor; Egypt; El Salvador; Ethiopia; Fiji;
French Guiana; Gabon; Ghana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guam; Guatemala; Guinea;
Guinea Bissau; Hainan; Haiti; Hawaii; Honduras; India; Indonesia; Ivory Coast;
Jamaica; Japan; Jawa; Kalimantan; Kenya; Kiribati Line Is; Laos; Liberia;
Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Marshall Is; Martinique; Mauritius;
Mexico(North & Central); Mexico(South East); Moluccas; Mozambique; Myanmar;
Nauru; Nepal; New Caledonia; Nicobar Is; Niger; Nigeria; Northern Marianas;
Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peninsular Malaysia; Peru; Philippines;
Puerto Rico; Reunion; Rodrigues; Sabah; Sao Tome & Principe; Sarawak;
Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Society Is; Sri Lanka; Sudan;
Sulawesi; Sumatera; Surinam; Taiwan; Tanzania; Togo; Trinidad & Tobago;
United States; Venezuela; Vietnam; Virgin Is; Zaire; Zimbabwe as per Catalogue of Life; Common name: Horse Bean, Jack bean, Sword bean, Tamate balli (Kannada), अबई Abai (Marathi) Keys at Flora of China and The genus Canavalia Adans in Malesia BLUMEA 42 (1997) 249-253 and Flora of peninsular India ANOCT55 Fabaceae twiner for identification : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (10). Nandi Hills 10th October 2014 Probably a Canavalia sp. .. Canavalia- species in eFIoraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available) Can this be Canavalia ensiformis or Canavalia virosa? 1) Leaves sparsely pubescent beneath; calyx pubescent- C. ensiformis (as given in Flora of Tumkur District)2) Reference for C. virosa- http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/herbsheet.php?id=1973&cat=1 Canavalia cathartica Thouars ( = Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.) To me it looks different from other posts & I think keys at Flora of China lead me to Canavalia ensiformis (Linnaeus) Candolle References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 ILDIS Flora of China Flora of peninsular India Flowers of India IWikipedia Useful Tropical Plants The genus Canavalia Adans in Malesia BLUMEA 42 (1997) 249-253 (with keys) feedipedia |
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