• Family : FABACEAE
  (PEA OR BEAN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Leguminosae
• Subfamily : Faboideae
• Species : Canavalia virosa
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Canavalia cathartica Thouars.
• Common name : Wild Sword Bean
• Vernacular name : Sem (Hin.); Kadavare (Kan.); Kattuthammatai (Tam.); Karu tamma, Adavi-thamba (Tel.); Mohra, Mohrhorha, Bahara, Kalasimo (Ori.)
• Collection Nos : RRLB 1620
• Collector(s) Name : M. Brahmam
• Collection Date : 28/11/74
• Collection Locality : Bhubaneswar, Khurda district, Odisha
• Habitat : Scrub forest
• Key identification features : A large climber with rosy flowers and green fruits
• Habit : Climber
• Flower, Fruit : October-January
• Comments : Occasional in hedges to 300 m in open forests and scrub jungles on thickets. The seeds are poisonous. Flowering October-January & July-September; Pods Throughout the year
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; West Godavari district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Khurda district, Keonjhar district, Gandhamardan Hills (Bargarh district), Bolangir district, Angul district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Literature : 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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 virosa. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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