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Canavalia mollis

Botanic Family

Fabaceae

Author

Wallich ex Wight & Arnott

Common Names

• Sword Bean
• Kad Sambal (Hindi)
• Kathi Avarai (India)
• Segapu (Tamil)

Geographical Habitats

• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Island
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Sri Lanka

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Grey-pubescent perennial twining vine. Trifoliolate villous leaves, leaflets to 130mm x 80mm, hairy beheath. Magenta flowers in 10-flowered racemes to 80mm long, flowers to 40mm long, 2-lipped calyx to 12mm long, pink standard petals to 33mm diameter, winf petals to 25mm x 7mm, keel petals to 18mm x 7mm. Legume to 140mm x 25mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• PFPIO
• IBP