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Canavalia africana Dunn

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HIGHER TAXON: Phaseoleae

GENUS: Canavalia DC.

Canavalia africana Dunn [Preferred name]
    Canavalia ensiformis var. virosa (Roxb.)Baker, p.p. {Synonym}
    Canavalia ferruginea Piper {Synonym}
    Canavalia gladiata sensu Robyns, p.p. {Misapplied}
    Canavalia virosa (Roxb.)Wight & Arn., p.p.A {Synonym}
    Canavalia virosa sensu J.D.Sauer {Misapplied}
    Dolichos virosus Roxb., p.p. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Moodu-awara [3705]; Sem [3627]; Wild Sword Bean [3627]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [210]; Benin (N) [2159]; Cameroon (N) [8]; Central African Rep. (N) [2159]; Chad (N) [64]; Ethiopia (N) [24]; Ghana (N) [8]; Guinea (N) [2159]; Guinea Bissau (N) [224]; Ivory Coast (N) [8]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mali (N) [2159]; Mozambique (N) [8]; Nigeria (N) [2159]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Senegal (N) [2159]; Sierra Leone (N) [8]; Socotra (N) [210, 342]; Somalia (N) [2159]; South Africa (N) [210]; Sudan (N) [8]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [8]; Zambia (N) [8]; Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  Asia
Bangladesh (N) [3366]; India (N) [210, 1971, 3009, 3017, 3020, 3027, 3028, 3031, 3100, 3113, 3119, 3366, 3376, 3591]; Andhra Pradesh [3009]; Arunachal Pradesh [3366]; Assam [3366]; Bihar [3031]; Delhi [3366]; Goa [3366]; Gujarat [3017]; Haryana [3366]; Himachal Pradesh [3366]; Jammu-Kashmir [3366]; Karnataka [3020]; Kerala [3113]; Madhaya Pradesh [3591]; Maharashtra [3100]; Manipur [3366]; Meghalaya [3366]; Mizoram [3366]; Nagaland [3366]; Orissa [3376]; Pondicherry [3366]; Punjab [3366]; Rajasthan [3028]; Sikkim [3366]; Tamil Nadu [3027]; Tripura [3366]; Uttar Pradesh [3366]; West Bengal [3119]; Yanan [3366]; Myanmar (N) [1971]; Pakistan (N) [1938, 2021]; Sri Lanka (N) [1957, 3705]; Thailand (N) [1971]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1290]
  Middle East
Saudi Arabia (N) [210]; Yemen (N) [1939]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (U) [342]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Sudanian bushland and thicket [210];
    Sudanian grasslands [210];
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [210];
    Zambezian grassland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [24, 210, 344, 1938, 3009, 3017, 3028, 3705] ; Illustration [24, 220, 344, 410]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Herb ; Lifespan: Annual, Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1994 (Indo-China) Lock JM & Heald J, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [3627]; Toxins [3705]

  
NOTES:
  this but may be C.ensiformis. Further study is needed to determine which [3047]
  cultivated taxa occur. [3047]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

24.

  Thulin, M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

64.

  Lebrun, J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

224.

  D'Orey, J. & Liberato, Maria C., 1971
    Flora da Guinea Portuguesa: Papilionoideae

342.

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

344.

  Germishuizen, G., 1983
    Flowering Plants of Africa 47:1869. Canavalia virosa

410.

  Onderstall, J., 1984
    Transvaal Lowveld & Escarpment... South Afr.Wild Fl.Guide 4.

1290.

  Fournet, J., 1978
    Flore illustree des phanerogames de Guadeloupe & Martinique

1919.

  Hacker, J.B., 1990
    A Guide to Herbaceous and Shrub Legumes of Queensland.

1938.

  Ali, S.I., 1977
    Papilion. In:Flora of West Pakistan, No 100.

1939.

  Lock, J.M. & Simpson, K., 1991
    Legumes of West Asia: A Checklist. RBG, Kew.

1957.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon 7: 108-381.

1971.

  Craib, W.G., 1928
    Florae Siamensis Enumeratio, vol 1, Part 3. Bangkok: Siam So

2021.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan, No.54 Caesalpiniaceae. Karachi:Univ Karac

2159.

  Wiersema, J.H. et al., 1990
    Legume Nomenclature USDA Germplasm Sys. USDA Tech. Bull.1757

3009.

  Pullaiah, T. & Chennaiah, E., 1997
    Flora of Andhra Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3017.

  Shah, G.L., 1978
    Flora of Gujarat State Vol.1

3020.

  Singh, N.P., 1988
    Flora of Eastern Karnataka Vol.1

3027.

  Nair, N.C. & Henry, A.N., 1983
    Flora of Tamil Nadu, India Vol.1

3028.

  Shetty, B.V. & Singh, V., 1987
    Flora of Rajasthan Vol.1. Flora of India Series 2

3031.

  Haines, H.H., 1908
    The Forest Flora of Chota Nagpur

3047.

  Lock, J.M., 1993
    Notes and specimens in Herb. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

3100.

  Kulkarni, B.G., 1988
    Flora of Sindhudurg

3113.

  Ramachandran, V.S. & Nair, V.J., 1988
    Flora of Cannanore

3119.

  Das Das, S.K. et al., 1992
    J.Econ.Tax.Bot. 16(2):305-334 A census ... Papilionaceae...

3366.

  Sanjappa, M., 2000
    Checklist of the Leguminosae in South Asia. Typescript

3376.

  Bairiganjan, G.C et al., 1985
    Fabaceae in Orissa. J. Econ. Taxon Bot. 7:249-276

3591.

  Roy, G.P. et al., 1992
    Flora of Madhya Pradesh (Chhatarpur & Damoh). New Delhi.

3627.

  Publ. & Inform. Directorate, 1992
    The welth of India:Dictionary of Indian Raw Materials..Vol.3

3705.

  Maxwell, R.H., 1991
    In:Dassanayake,M.D. & Fosberg,F.R.(Eds.) A revised handbook
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