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Canavalia gladiata

Botanic Family

Fabaceae

Author

(Jacquin) de Candolle

Cultivated

C, edible seeds, green manure, forage

Common Names

• Dao dou (Pinyin)
• Sword Bean
• Kachang Parang (Singapore)
• Horse bean
• Jack Bean
• Nam-nawbaw (Myanmar)
• Pe-dalet (Myanmar)
• Pe-dama (Myanmar)
• Pe-damouk (Myanmar)
• Pe-det (Myanmar)
• Pe-gale (Myanmar)
• Pe-naung-ni (Myanmar)
• Rar Bu-shot Kwe-e (Myanmar)
• Bara Sem
• Carabanz
• Lal Kadsumbal
• Morataitra
• Pois Saber

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• S. China
• India
• Japan
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Panama
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Jul-Sep (China) Feb (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Oct (China)

Climbing glabrous twining herb. Trifoliolate leaves, glabrous leaflets to 125mm x 100mm, hairy on nerves. Axillary racemes to 250mm or solitary white, pink or purplish 35mm flowers. Leathery legumes 600mm x 60mm.

Escapee

Edible bean, drink, environmental, medicinal

Further References

• FOC
• APDC
• FOSi
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• ILDIS
• de Candolle
• Mobot