- Family : FABACEAE
(PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Species : Canavalia gladiata
- Basionym : Dolichos gladiatus Jacq.
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.)DC.
- Common name : Horse bean, Jack bean, Sword bean
- Vernacular name : Barasem, Safed Kadsumbal, Kadusambal (Hin.); Valavari, Thambattai (Tam.); Thamba, Vellathamba, Tumbettan Kaya (Tel.); Mohukanko, Maharada (Ori.)
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0408
- Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy, Arun Singh R. & K.Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 26/11/15
- Collection Locality : Palamner forest range, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
- Habitat : Deciduous forest
- Habit : Climber
- Flower, Fruit : August-April
- Native : Old World Tropics
- Comments : Commonly cultivated in Eastern Ghats. Runs wild in river valleys of northern Eastern Ghats.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), East Godavari district, Tadapatri Hills (Ananthapur district), Srikakulam district, Palamner R.F. (Chittoor district), West Godavari district, Guntur district (Andhra Pradesh State); Angul district, Khurda district, Puri district, Sambalpur district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2001 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 2; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Canavalia gladiata. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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