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Canavalia bonariensis

Botanic Family

Fabaceae

Author

Lindley

Common Names

• Habillas (Bolivia)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Paraná
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Paraguay
• Cape Provinces
• Natal - South Africa
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Woodlands
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Oct
• Nov (Argentina) Jan
• May
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec (Bolivia)

Fruiting Times

• Dec (Bolivia)

Twiner, prostrate or high-climbing to 10m+. Ternate leaves, glabrous coriaceous leaflets to 75mm x 40mm. Purple flowers, axillary many-flowered racemes to 200mm, calyx to 20mm long. Fruits to 150mm long maturing brown.

Environmental uses

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Bot Reg
• Jstor