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Canavalia maritima

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Name

Identification
Canavalia maritima (Aubl.) Thouars [family FABACEAE ]
Related name
  • Canavalia maritima

Flora

Entry for CANAVALIA rosea (Sw.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin (Acacia by M. Thulin, A. S. Hassan & B. T. Styles) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CANAVALIA rosea (Sw.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1825);
Dolichos roseus Sw. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1788). [type as above]
CANAVALIA maritima Thouars [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1813).
Information
Perennial climber or trailer, up to several m long. Leaflets elliptic, oblong-elliptic to subcircular, 2.5–9.5(–11.5) x 1.5–9(–10) cm, obtuse or emarginate but sometimes minutely apiculate at the apex, glabrous to pubescent on both surfaces. Calyx-tube 7–9 mm long; upper lip 4–5 mm long. Corolla pink, purple or bluish-mauve, 2.5–3 cm long. Pod linear-oblong, 11.5–16 x 2.5–2.9 cm, with longitudinal ribs close to the upper margin. Seeds 1.5–2 cm long, brown to almost black; hilum 7–8.5(–10) mm long.
Range
S2 pantropical sea-coast plant.
Altitude range
0–30 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Thulin 5311.

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