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Canavalia bonariensis Lindl.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Canavalia DC.

Canavalia bonariensis Lindl. [Preferred name]
    Canavalia cryptodon Meissner {Synonym}
    Canavalia monodon E.Mey. {Synonym}
    Canavalia paranensis Hook. & Arn. {Synonym}
    Canavalia tortilis Cordem. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
South Africa (I) [342, 1915, 3402]; Natal [1915]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [3402]; Reunion (I) [1915]
  South America
Argentina (N) [342]; Brazil (N) [342, 1103]; Uruguay (N) [342]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [342, 1915, 3053, 3402] ; Distribution Map [342]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [1915] [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Herb [3402], Shrub [3053] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1915] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Environmental [1915]

  
NOTES:
  Native to South America. [1915]
  Seeds are sea-dispersed. [1915]
  The disjunct distribution of this species suggests that the Indian Ocean [3402]
  records are either due to introduction as a cultivated ornamental, or to long- [3402]
  distance dispersal, the seeds remaining waterproof for many months. But it [3402]
  appears to be native in Madagascar, and confined to the higher altitudes of a [3402]
  montain range far from the ocean. [3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

342.

  Sauer, J., 1964
    Brittonia 16(2):106-181 Revision of Canavalia

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

3053.

  de Cordemoy, E.J., 1895
    Flore de l'ile de la Reunion

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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