Canavalia ensiformis

Taxonavigation

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 ensiformis

Name

Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC., 1825

Synonyms

Canavalia ensiformis var. truncata Ricker
Canavalia ensiformis var. albida DC.
Canavalia ensiformis var. truncata Ricker, Castanea 11: 56 (1946)
Canavalia stocksii Dalzell & A.Gibson, Bomb. Fl. 69 (1861)
Clitoria brasiliana Vell., Fl. Flum. 312
Dolichos acinaciformis Jacq., Coll. 1: 114 (1786)
Dolichos cienkowskii Schweinf. & Asch., Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 256 (1867)
Dolichos cultratus Wight ex Steud., Nom. ed. II. 1: 523 (1840)
Dolichos ensiformis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 725-726 (1753)
Dolichos mutabilis Salisb., Prod. 334 (1796)
Dolichos pugioniformis Raeusch., Nomencl. Bot. (Raeusch.) 209 (1797)
Malocchia ensiformis (L.) Savi, Nuov. Giorn. Pisa 8: 113 (1824)
Phaseolus virosus Bojer
Psophocarpus cienkowskii Schweinf. & Asch. ex Baker fil., Legum. Trop. Afr. 384 (1929)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Southern USA
  - Alabama, Arizona, District of Columbia, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Brasil
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
- Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Illinois, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Doubtfully present in:
- Guyana, Texas

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

References

Primary references

De Candolle, A.P. 1825. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 2: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 644 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 2:404.

Additional references

Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.
Moteetee, A.N. (2016). Canavalia (Phaseoleae, Fabaceae) species in South Africa: naturalised and indigenous South African Journal of Botany 103: 6-16.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Canavalia ensiformis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Canavalia ensiformis. Published online. Accessed: May 14 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Canavalia ensiformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 May 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Canavalia ensiformis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 14. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Canavalia ensiformis. Accessed: 14 May 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Canavalia ensiformis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Jackboon
Deutsch: Jackbohne, Schwertbohne, Madagaskarbohne
English: wonderbean, Sword bean, Jack bean, Horse bean
español: Judia sable, Canavalia, Judia de puerco, Judia de caballo
français: Haricot de Madagascar, Haricot sabre
日本語: タチナタマメ
한국어: 작두콩
português: Feijão-de-porco, Feijao sabre, Feijao de porco, Feijao bravo
русский: Канавалия мечевидная
中文: 關刀豆, 尖萼刀豆