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Canavalia cathartica

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
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Internal ID UUID643fda72baaae007182897
Scientific name Canavalia cathartica
Authority Thouars
First published in J. Bot. Agric.1: 81 (1813)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Canavalia ensiformis var. turgida (Graham ex Miq.) Baker J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India2: 196 (1876)
Canavalia glandifolia Streets
Canavalia turgida Graham ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind.1(1): 215 (1855)
Lablab microcarpus DC. Prodr.2: 402 (1825)
Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. R.Wight, Cat. Ind. Pl.: 44 (1833)
Canavalia ensiformis var. virosa (Roxb.) Baker J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India2: 196 (1876)
Canavalia polystachya Schweinf. Reliq. Kotschy.: 25 (1868)
Dolichos virosus Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 55 (1814)
Canavalia microcarpa (DC.) Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington30: 176 (1917)
Canavalia turgida A.Gray Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5534. [1831-32]
Canavalia obtusifolia var. insularis Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc.45: 137 (1906)
Canavalia bouquetii Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., sér. 2, 10: 197 (1860)
Canavalia bouquete Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. , sér. 2, 10: 197 (1860)
Canavalia glandifolia A.Gray ex STREETS Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. 7: 142 1877
Canavalia virosa Náves ex Fern.-Vill. Fl. Filip., ed. 3. 4(13A): 64 (1880)

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Language Common/alternative name
English maunaloa
Japanese タカナタマメ
Swahili mtela
Telugu అడవిచమ్మ
Chinese 野刀板豆
Chinese 小刀豆
Chinese 假刀豆
Chinese 小果刀豆
Chinese 野刀板荳

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Somalia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • Southern Africa
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Mali
      • Togo
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Chagos Archipelago
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • China
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Laccadive Islands
      • Maldives
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Cambodia
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • South China Sea
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Christmas Island
      • Cocos (keeling) Islands
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Maluku
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • Bismarck Archipelago
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
      • Marianas
      • Marshall Islands
    • South-central Pacific
      • Cook Islands
      • Line Islands
      • Society Islands
      • Tubuai Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • Gilbert Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • Samoa
      • Tokelau-manihiki
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000189794
USDA Plants CACA29
Tropicos 13027785
INPN 447160
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:167471-3
The Plant List ild-3627
Open Tree Of Life 811979
NCBI Taxonomy 28958
Nature Serve 2.135856
IPNI 167471-3
iNaturalist 159808
GBIF 2962193
Freebase /m/0wyv0zr
EPPO CNACA
EOL 655294
USDA GRIN 310991
Wikipedia Canavalia_cathartica

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Deciphering the Plastomic Code of Chinese Hog-Peanut (Amphicarpaea edgeworthii Benth., Leguminosae): Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Insights within the Phaseoleae Tribe Xiang YN, Wang XQ, Ding LL, Bai XY, Feng YQ, Qi ZC, Sun YT, Yan XL Genes (Basel) 11-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10815570
doi:10.3390/genes15010088
PMID:38254977
Structural Analysis and Characterization of an Antiproliferative Lectin from Canavalia villosa Seeds Lossio CF, Osterne VJ, Pinto-Junior VR, Chen S, Oliveira MV, Verduijn J, Verbeke I, Serna S, Reichardt NC, Skirtach A, Cavada BS, Van Damme EJ, Nascimento KS Int J Mol Sci 04-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10649158
doi:10.3390/ijms242115966
PMID:37958949
Proximate composition and anti-nutritional factors in Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean) seed flour as affected by several processing methods Ezegbe CC, Nwosu JN, Owuamanam CI, Victor-Aduloju TA, Nkhata SG Heliyon 27-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10412764
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18728
PMID:37576254
Exploiting genetic and genomic resources to enhance productivity and abiotic stress adaptation of underutilized pulses Dwivedi SL, Chapman MA, Abberton MT, Akpojotor UL, Ortiz R Front Genet 16-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10311922
doi:10.3389/fgene.2023.1193780
PMID:37396035
Stem cambial variants of Taiwan lianas Yang SZ, Chen PH, Chen JJ Bot Stud 24-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9509506
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00358-5
PMID:36153445
Distribution Characteristics and Restoration Application of Vegetation in Chengcun Bay Surrounding Areas of Yangjiang City Chen S, Sun Y, Tang K, Zhang F, Ding W, Wang A Int J Environ Res Public Health 20-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9408589
doi:10.3390/ijerph191610399
PMID:36012034
Indigenous Foods of India: A Comprehensive Narrative Review of Nutritive Values, Antinutrient Content and Mineral Bioavailability of Traditional Foods Consumed by Indigenous Communities of India Kapoor R, Sabharwal M, Ghosh-Jerath S Front Sustain Food Syst 28-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC7612755
doi:10.3389/fsufs.2022.696228
PMID:35607508
Plant lectins as potent Anti-coronaviruses, Anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive and antiulcer agents Konozy E, Osman M, Dirar A Saudi J Biol Sci 22-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9026953
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.103301
PMID:35475119
The complete chloroplast genome of a pantropical legume, Canavalia rosea Imai R, Kajita Y, Yamamoto T, Takayama K, Kajita T Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 03-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7872567
doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1859341
PMID:33659652
Development of spontaneous vegetation on reclaimed land in Singapore measured by NDVI Gaw LY, Richards DR PLoS One 28-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7842902
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245220
PMID:33507965
Macro- and Micronutrients from Traditional Food Plants Could Improve Nutrition and Reduce Non-Communicable Diseases of Islanders on Atolls in the South Pacific Lyons G, Dean G, Tongaiaba R, Halavatau S, Nakabuta K, Lonalona M, Susumu G Plants (Basel) 24-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7464995
doi:10.3390/plants9080942
PMID:32722347
New Insights Into the Plastome Evolution of the Millettioid/Phaseoloid Clade (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae) Oyebanji O, Zhang R, Chen SY, Yi TS Front Plant Sci 10-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7076112
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.00151
PMID:32210983
Potential of Microbial Diversity of Coastal Sand Dunes: Need for Exploration in Odisha Coast of India Nayak S, Behera S, Dash PK ScientificWorldJournal 14-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6662503
doi:10.1155/2019/2758501
PMID:31391794
Overview of the Structure–Function Relationships of Mannose-Specific Lectins from Plants, Algae and Fungi Barre A, Bourne Y, Van Damme EJ, Rougé P Int J Mol Sci 10-Jan-2019
PMCID:PMC6359319
doi:10.3390/ijms20020254
PMID:30634645
ConA-Like Lectins: High Similarity Proteins as Models to Study Structure/Biological Activities Relationships Cavada BS, Pinto-Junior VR, Osterne VJ, Nascimento KS Int J Mol Sci 21-Dec-2018
PMCID:PMC6337138
doi:10.3390/ijms20010030
PMID:30577614

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