Fabaceae-Faboideae (Papilionaceae) Week :: Canavalia ensiformis along Ghodbunder Road

[Dinesh Valke]

Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.

• kan-uh-VAY-lee-uh -- Latinized form of the Malabar vernacular kanavali
  en-see-FORM-iss -- sword- (or lance-) shaped

Nov 11, 2007 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra

commonly known as: jack bean, sword bean, wonder bean • Hindi: bara sem, makham sem • Kannada: kaadu avare balli, thamate balli • Marathi: अबई abai • Tamil: காட்டுத்தம்பட்டன் kattu-t-tampattan, thambattai, வாளவரை valavarai • Telugu: karu tamma, putta tamba, చమ్మకాయ tsamma kaya, tumbettan-kaya

Distribution: naturalized / cultivated worldwide


some views:

• Nov 11, 2007 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra
  

Dear friends, embedded images attached for the benefit of those who are unable to view them among contents above.

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Singh]

Nice Set of Pics Dinesh Ji

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[Satish Phadke]

Good one again
Here the leaflets would be obtuse to acute.(Seen here) Hilum less than half as long as the seed which is ivory or white 22 mm long

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 12:53 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Dinesh ji,

I could not find any keys for Indian species on net except at Flora of China.

These take me to Canavalia cathartica Thouars for your species.

I want to have your & others views before final decision.

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[Dinesh Valke]

Hi Garg ji,

I am skeptical of my ID in this post. This could be the common canavalia - Canavalia gladiata OR Canavalia cathartica - I am not sure, because we need to have their pods to ascertain ID.

Regards.

Dinesh

[J.M. Garg]

More like C. cathartica as leaf apex is acute and not acuminate as in C. gladiata and upper lip of the calyx appears to be smaller than calyx tube (so not ensiformis). 

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[Dinesh Valke]

Many thanks Garg ji.

Will revise my notes shortly.

Regards.

Dinesh