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Taxon:
Canavalia plagiosperma
Piper
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Canavalia
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Diocleinae
Nomen number:
8839
Place of publication:
C. V. Piper & S. T. Dunn, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922:141. 1922
Verified:
12/22/2005
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Liogier, H. A.
1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Sauer, J. & L. Kaplan.
1969.
Canavalia
beans in American prehistory. Amer. Antiquity 34:417-424.
Note:
Canavalia plagiosperma
is known from arid to semi-arid sites and archaeological remains indicate probable hybridization with
C. ensiformis
Sauer, J.
1964. Revision of
Canavalia
. Brittonia 16:141.
Snak, C. et al.
2016. A dated phylogeny of the papilionoid legume genus
Canavalia
reveals recent diversification by a pantropical liana lineage. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 98:133-146.
URL:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
Common names
English
giant-bean –
Reference(s)
oblique-seed jack-bean –
Reference(s)
German
Riesenbohne –
Reference(s)
Spanish
poroto gigante –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
cult. in tropics
4
Naturalized
natzd. in tropics
6
Other
origin from ancient cult. in w. South America
Cultivated
(cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
(natzd. in tropics)
Other
(origin from ancient cult. in w. South America)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
grazing
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Environmental
soil improver
green manure
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Name
References