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Dolichos ensiformis

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Filed as Dolichos ensiformis L. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE]
Filed as Lotus purshianus (Benth.) Clements et Cl. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Filed as Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Dolichos ensiformis L. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE]
Filed as Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
Filed as Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
Original material of Dioclea lasiophylla Mart. ex Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Filed as Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Dolichos ensiformis L. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE ] (stored under name); Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. [family FABACEAE: FABOIDEAE ]
Related name
  • Dolichos acinaciformis
  • Dolichos ensiformis
  • Canavalia ensiformis
  • Dioclea lasiophylla
  • Lotus purshianus

Flora

Entry for Canavalia ensiformis (Linn.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Canavalia ensiformis (Linn.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], — F.T.A. 2: 190; Chev. Bot. 196; Bak. f. l.e. 384.
Dolichos ensiformis Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1753)
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1825) — Dunn l.c134
Canavalia regalis Dunn [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1922)
Canavalia africana Dunn [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1922); Berhaut FlSen18.
Information
Climbing on fences and trees; flowers rose, mauve or white with a red base.
Habitat
Climbing on fences and trees
Range
A common plant in the tropics of both hemispheres, usually found in cultivation
Distribution
Sen. Berhaut 1623.Fr. Sud. Ségou Chev. 24975.Port. G. Bissau Esp. Santo 1582!Fr. G. Longuery Chev. 14641; 14763. Fouta Djalon Chev. 18719; 18721.S. L. Deighton 1988! Musaia (fr. Dec.) Deighton 4532!IV. C. Keéta Chev. 19335.Togo Howes l042!Dah. Abomey Chev. 23162.N. Nig. Jebba Barter! Nupe Barter 1607! Mongu (July) Lely 387!S. Nig. Lagos MacGregor 177! Olokemeji Foster! Oban Talbot 233!
Notes
Several taxa are undoubtedly included here, but a thorough taxonomic revision is needed to clarify this group.

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