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Canavalia acuminata

Botanic Family

Fabaceae

Author

Rose

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Montane
• secondary forest
• coastal woodland
• shrublands

Flowering Times

• May (Ecuador) Feb
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Dec (Mexico)

Woody mostly glabrous twining vine to 10m with glabrous trifoliate leaves to 100mm long. Axillary racemes to 175mm long, yellow & purplish flowers, calyx tube to 12mm long, yellow corolla with standard to 28mm long, wings to 20mm long with claw to 6mm long & keel to 28mm long. Strongly 2-ribbed legumes to 200mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• USNH