Canavalia cathartica

Canavalia cathartica
Canavalia cathartica

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Fabales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Diocleeae
Genus: Canavalia
Species: Canavalia cathartica

Name edit

Canavalia cathartica Thouars, 1813

Synonyms edit

  • Canavalia bouquetii Montrouz.
  • Canavalia ensiformis var. turgida (Graham ex A.Gray) Baker, Fl. Brit. India 2(4): 196 (1876)
  • Canavalia machaeroides Steud., Nom. ed. II. 1: 273 (1840)
  • Canavalia microcarpa (DC.) Piper, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 30(43): 176 (1917)
  • Canavalia obtusifolia Prain, J. As. Soc. Beng. 66, 2 (1897) 68
  • Canavalia polystachya Schweinf.
  • Canavalia turgida Graham ex Miq., Fl. Ned.-Ind. 1: I. 215 (1858)
  • Canavalia turgida Graham ex A.Gray, U. S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 440 (1854)
  • Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn., Prod. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 253, p. p. (1834)
  • Canavalia virosa Náves ex Fern.-Vill.
  • Dolichos virosus Roxb.
  • Lablab microcarpus DC., Prodr. 2: 402 (1825)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia Template
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Andaman Is., Bangladesh
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Yemen
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Southeastern Asia
      • Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Line Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Taiwan
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • New Caledonia, New Guinea
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Maldives, Seychelles
    • Regional: Southern South Africa
      • Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Northern Territory, Queensland
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Somalia, Tanzania
    • Introduced into:
      • Angola, Gilbert Is., Hawaii, Leeward Is., Mali, Mauritius, Réunion, Togo

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Lepschi, B. & Monro, A. (Project Coordinators) (2014). Australian Plant Census (APC) Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. http://www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

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Vernacular names edit

English: jackbean
日本語: ナタマメ属
한국어: 해녀콩속
русский: Канавалия
ไทย: ถั่วพร้า
Tiếng Việt: Chi Đậu dao
中文: 刀豆屬
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