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Canavalia sericea

Botanic Family

Fabaceae

Author

A. Gray

Common Names

• Silky Jack Bean
• Pohue (Hawaiian)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Caroline Islands
• Cook islands
• Fiji
• Tuamotu
• Tubuai Island
• Wallis-Futuna - France
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia Federated States
• New Caledonia
• Niue
• Samoa
• Tahiti
• Tonga
• Northern Mariana Islands - USA

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• sand dunes

Flowering Times

• Nov (New Caledonia)

Fruiting Times

Perennial tomentose twining vine or procumbent vine with leaves glabate abovr, silky pubescent beneath beneath, leaflets to 100mm x 85mm. Many-flowered racemes of dark pink flowers to 42mm long with a white spot at the base of the standard. Tomentose pod to 170mm long.

Naturalised in some areas

Further References

• FOH
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FV
• ILDIS
• Kew
• Phanerogamia