Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.


FABACEAE Family selection - Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 404. 1825 [mid Nov 1825]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Sword jackbean
en English name: scimitar-bean
English name: sword-bean
Spanish name: poroto sable
French name: pois sabre rouge
German name: Schwertbohne

Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Canavalia
Species:


Page counter: 314 ( AVG: 222.45 / 291.431 )



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Canavalia gladiata
Canavalia gladiata
Tracey Slotta - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA+ (VI)

Distributional map for Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.
Map for Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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