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Canavalia eurycarpa

Botanic Family

Fabaceae

Author

Piper

Common Names

• Kajumak (Manxuj)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• S. Colombia
• Paraguay
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• riversides
• seasonally inundated forest
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Jul (Bolivia) Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Dec (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Sep (Bolivia) May
• Aug (Peru)

Woody glabrous liana to 13m. Trifoliolate leaves, leaflets to 120mm x 80mm. 15-30 flowered inflorescence, flowers white & pale blue, standard purple, rest white. Woody brown fruit pod to 180mm x 40mm with short recurved beak.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• FOPE
• FMNH