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Canavalia ensiformis - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer

Canavalia ensiformis - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer

Canavalia ensiformis - Pod - Click to enlarge!

Pod; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer

Canavalia ensiformis - Pods - Click to enlarge!

Pods; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer

Canavalia ensiformis - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer

Canavalia ensiformis - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer

Canavalia ensiformis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Ayeniah, Greater Accra, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 998
Date of entry: 27.01.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Jack-bean

German: Jackbohne

Mandarin: 直生刀豆 (zhi sheng dao dou)

Portuguese: Feijão-de-porco

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Canavalia (2)

            Epithet: ensiformis (L.)DC. (1)

ensiformis => sword-shaped

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink, white

External links

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