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Canavalia maritima
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Canavalia maritima (Aubl.) Thouars in Desv., J. Bot. 1: 80. 1813; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 108. 1992; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 203. 2009.
Dolichos maritimus Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guian. Fr. 765. 1775.
Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC., Prodr. 2:404.1825; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 119. 1989.
Canavalia obtusifolia (Lam.) DC., Prodr. 2: 404. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 196. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 360(254). 1918.
Canavalia lineata sensu Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 360(254). 1918, non DC.1825; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 128. 1988.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Manal amara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Beach bean, Jack bean
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Description:
Prostrate, trailing herbs; stems sparsely pubescent, becoming glabrescent. Leaflets 3-8 x 3-5.5 cm, orbicular-obovate to suborbicular, base broadly cuneate or rounded, apex rounded or retuse, sparsely pubescent above, glabrous to densely pubescent below, thin-coriaceous; rachis up to 5 cm long; stipules c. 4 mm long, lanceolate; stipels small. Racemes to 15 cm long, tuberculate. Flowers to 3 cm long; pedicels c. 3 mm long; bracts orbicular. Calyx tube c. 8 mm long, pubescent, shortly lobed; upper lobes 3-4 mm long. Corolla pink, exerted; standard c. 2.5 x 2 cm, orbicular to elliptic. Pods 6-10 x 2.2-2.8 cm, oblong, compressed, shortly beaked. Seeds 4-6, 1.5-2 cm, ellipsoid, dark.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-September
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kannur, Kollam, Kasaragode, Ernakulam, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Sandy sea shores and mangroves
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Distribution:
Throughout tropical coasts
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ezhimala, Cannanore, Alleppey town
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