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Canavalia gladiata
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC., Prodr. 2: 404. 1825; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 76. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 140. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 118. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 148. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 119. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 136. 1994; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 107. 1992; Sudhir & Agarwal, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 18: 276. 1994.
Dolichos gladiatus Jacq., Coll. Bot. 2: 276. 1788.
Canavalia ensiformis sensu Baker in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2:195.1876, non DC. 1825; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 359(253).1918; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 203. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Valaringha, Valpayar, Valanga, Valamara, Vettukatthipayar
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Sword bean, Broad bean, Patagonian bean
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Description:
Perennial climbers; stems sparsely pubescent or glabrous. Leaflets 6-18 x 3-9 cm, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, base cuneate, apex acute or acuminate; stipules deciduous. Racemes 15-37 cm long, tuberculate. Flowers c. 3 cm long; pedicels 2-4 mm long; bracteoles c. 2 mm long, obtuse. Calyx tube 6-7 mm long, sparsely pubescent; upper lobes 4-5 mm long, turncate; lower c. 3 mm long. Corolla pink; standard c. 2.8 x 3 cm, suborbiclar; wings long-clawed. Pods 15-32 x 3-3.3 cm, linear-oblong. Seeds 1.5-2 x 1-1.5 cm long, oblong, compressed, white.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grown as vegetable
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Violet, Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Bandukha, Manjeswar, Sreekantapuram, Taliparamba, Attapady block-Mukkali, Olavakkot, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy
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