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Canavalia rosea (Sw.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Canavalia DC.

Canavalia rosea (Sw.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Canavali maritima Thouars {Synonym}
    Canavalia apiculata Piper {Synonym}
    Canavalia arenicola Piper {Synonym}
    Canavalia baueriana Endl. {Synonym}
    Canavalia emarginata (Jacq.)G.Don {Synonym}
    Canavalia lineata sensu auct. {Misapplied}
    Canavalia maritima (Aubl.)Thouars {Synonym}
    Canavalia maritima Thouars {Synonym}
    Canavalia miniata (Kunth)DC. {Synonym}
    Canavalia moneta Welw. {Synonym}
    Canavalia obcordata Voigt {Synonym}
    Canavalia obtusifolia (Lam.)DC. {Synonym}
    Canavalia obtusifolia var. emarginata (Jacq.)DC. {Synonym}
    Canavalia obtusifolia var. insularis Ridl. {Synonym}
    Canavalia podocarpa Dunn {Synonym}
    Clitoria rotundifolia (Vahl)Sesse & Moc. {Synonym}
    Dolichos emarginatus Jacq. {Synonym}
    Dolichos littoralis Vell. {Synonym}
    Dolichos maritimus Aubl. {Synonym}
    Dolichos miniatus Kunth {Synonym}
    Dolichos obcordatus Roxb. {Synonym}
    Dolichos obovatus Schum. & Thonn. {Synonym}
    Dolichos obtusifolius Lam. {Synonym}
    Dolichos roseus Sw. {Synonym}
    Dolichos rotundifolius Vahl {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bay Bean [3129]; Bay Pod [3129]; Bay-bean [2153]; Beach-bean [2968, 3132]; Coastal Jack Bean [1917]; Cocorico [1915]; Dralawa [2264]; Drautolu [2264]; Feseka [2266]; Graines Ouari [2157]; Horse Bean [2153]; Lalanda [3402]; Lalandana [3402]; Liane Caiman [3077]; Liane Cocorico [1915]; Mate De Costa [2157]; Mudu-awara [3705]; Patate Cochon [1915]; Pois Lan Mer [2157]; Pois Liane [2157]; Pois Maldioc [2157]; Pois-zombi [2157]; Sea Bean [453]; Tuifaruaa [2968]; Tutuifarua'a [2968]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [216]; Benin (N) [212]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [8]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Kenya (N) [210]; Liberia (N) [212]; Mauritania (N) [342]; Mozambique (N) [8]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; South Africa (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Zaire (N) [230]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3366]; Brunei (N) [3004]; Cambodia (N) [342, 1942]; China (N) [342, 1179, 1942]; Hainan (N) [3424]; Hong Kong (N) [342]; India (N) [342, 1942, 3017, 3027, 3091, 3099, 3366, 3376]; Andhra Pradesh [3366]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Karnataka [3366]; Maharashtra [3099]; Orissa [3376]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; West Bengal [3091]; Yanan [3366]; Indonesia (N) [261, 342, 1942, 3898]; Bali [342]; Irian Jaya (N) [261]; Japan (N) [342]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Kalimantan (N) [342]; Lesser Sunda Is (N) [342]; Malaysia (N) [342, 2111]; Moluccas (N) [342]; Myanmar (N) [342]; Peninsular Malaysia (N) [2111]; Philippines (N) [342]; Ryukyu Is (N) [2825]; Sabah (N) [342]; Sarawak (N) [342]; Singapore (N) [342, 2111]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957, 3705]; Sulawesi (N) [342]; Sumatera (N) [342]; Taiwan (N) [342, 2827]; Thailand (N) [342, 3047]; Vietnam (N) [342, 1942]
  Australasia
Australia (N) [342, 1917]; New South Wales [1917]; New Caledonia (N) [342]; Norfolk I (N) [342]; Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Antigua-Barbuda (N) [342]; Bahamas (N) [342, 2153]; Barbados (N) [342]; Bermuda (N) [342]; Cayman Is (N) [342, 1056]; Colombian Caribbean Is (N) [342]; Cuba (N) [342]; Dominica (N) [342]; Dominican Republic (N) [342, 2157]; Grenada (N) [342]; Guadeloupe (N) [342]; Haiti (N) [342, 2157]; Honduran Caribbean Is (N) [342]; Jamaica (N) [1056]; Martinique (N) [342]; Montserrat (N) [342]; Netherlands Leeward Is (N) [342]; Puerto Rico (N) [342]; St Lucia (N) [342]; St Martin-St Barthelemy (N) [342]; St Vincent (N) [342]; Trinidad & Tobago (N) [342]; Virgin Is (N) [342]
  Central America
Belize (N) [342, 1242, 1645]; Cocos I (U) [3060]; Costa Rica (N) [342, 1367, 1658]; Guatemala (N) [342, 1645]; Honduras (N) [342]; Mexico(North & Central) (N) [342, 1470]; Mexico(South East) (N) [342, 1117, 1188, 1470, 1637]; Nicaragua (N) [3348]; Panama (N) [342, 1224, 1243, 1645]
  Indian Ocean
Aldabra (U) [1941]; Assumption I [1941]; Andaman Is (N) [3627]; Chagos Archipelago (U) [3072]; Cocos(Keeling) Is (U) [3060]; Comoro Is (N) [342]; Madagascar (N) [342, 3402]; Maldives (N) [3062, 3072]; Mauritius (N) [342, 1915]; Nicobar Is (N) [342, 3612, 3627]; Reunion (N) [1915]; Rodrigues (N) [1915]; Seychelles (N) [342, 1941]
  North America
United States (N) [342, 1366, 1430, 1431, 1470, 1645, 1680, 3157]; Florida [3157]; Texas [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
American Samoa (N) [342]; Bismarck Archipelago (N) [261, 342]; Bougainville (N) [261]; Fiji (N) [1940, 2264]; Hawaii (N) [342]; Kermadec Is (N) [342, 1960]; Kiribati Line Is (N) [342]; Marshall Is (N) [342, 2235]; Niue (I) [2266]; Northern Marianas (U) [2235]; Pitcairn Is (U) [2912]; Society Is (N) [342, 2968]; Solomon Is (N) [261, 342]; Tonga (N) [342]; Vanuatu (N) [342]; Western Samoa (N) [342]
  South America
Bolivia (N) [1289]; Brazil (N) [342, 1103, 1231, 1233, 1414, 1658]; Colombia (N) [342]; Ecuador (N) [342]; French Guiana (N) [342, 1408]; Galapagos (N) [342, 1712]; Guyana (N) [342]; Peru (N) [342, 1442]; Surinam (N) [342]; Venezuela (N) [342]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian mangrove (and strand forest). [210];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; mangrove. [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 230, 261, 342, 453, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1941, 1942, 2111, 2153, 2157, 2825, 3055, 3057, 3348, 3402, 3424, 3705, 3898, 3920] ; Distribution Map [342] ; Illustration [342, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1930, 2157, 3129, 3465]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing [261] [1941] [3402], Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348], 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Herb [1915] [3402], Shrub [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] [3055] [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 1996 (Japan) Ohashi H, 1999

  
USES:
  Environmental [2264, 3030]; Food and Drink [3627, 3705]; Forage [3627]; Medicine [3627]; Toxins [3053]

  
NOTES:
  Drift seeds regularly reported from beaches in Florida, USA. [3132]
  A pantropical sea-shore species. [2832]
  Cultivated experimentally as a sand-binder or cover crop. [342]
  Exclusively coastal-maritime. [342]
  Indigenous to the Seychelles. [1941]
  Much affected by tortoise activity on Aldabra. [3055]

  
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