- Family : FABACEAE
(Pea Or Bean Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALASH FAMILY (पलाश फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Leguminosae
- Subfamily : Faboideae
- Basionym : Dolichos maritimus Aubl.
- Synonym(s) : Dolichos roseus Sw.; Canavalia apiculata Piper; Canavalia arenicola Piper; Canavalia baueriana Endl.; Canavalia emarginata (Jacq.) G.Don; Canavalia maritima Thouars; Canavalia miniata (Kunth) DC.; Canavalia moneta Welw.; Canavalia obcordata (Roxb.) Voigt; Canavalia obtusifolia DC.; Canavalia obtusifolia var. emarginatus (Jacq.) DC.; Canavalia podocarpa Dunn; Canavalia rutilans DC.; Clitoria rotundifolia Sessé & Moc.; Dolichos emarginatus Jacq.; Dolichos littoralis Vell.; Dolichos maritimus Aubl.; Dolichos miniatus Kunth; Dolichos obcordatus Roxb.; Dolichos obovatus Schumach. & Thonn.; Dolichos obtusifolius Lam.; Dolichos ovalifolius Schumach. & Thonn.; Dolichos rotundifolius Vahl; Glycine rosea G.Forst.; Mucuna rutilans DC.; Rhynchosia rosea DC.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Sandy sea shores
- Comments / notes : Common on coastal sands. Tender pods are used as vegetable and as Trailer along littoral thickets
- Key identification features : Flowers red or white
- Flower, Fruit : January-September
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha, P.Prakash
- Collection Nos : KFP 3388, KFP 4042
- Collection Locality : Suratkal beach (Dakshina Kannada)
- Distribution :
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
- Odisha : Balasore district, Kendrapara district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvallur district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Tirunelveli district, Villipuram district, All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Puducherry : Puducherry
- West Bengal : South 24-Parganas (Sundarbans)
- Native : Aldabra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Islands, Cayman Islands, Central American Pac, China Southeast, C
- World Distribution : India, Southeast Asia, Throughout tropical coasts
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Canavalia rosea. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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