Canavalia is smoked on the gulf coast of mexico as marijuana substitute. Fnps provides this link to assist users in finding sources for native plants. This genus comprises of 51 species and is widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Canavalia herbs or woody vines of mainly american tropics and subtropics genus canavalia rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants.
Please contribute to wikispecies by adding references, type locality, holotype and synonyms. Canavalia rosea baybean canavalia sericea silky jackbean canavalia virosa jackbean legal status. Canavalia rosea is distributed throughout coastal areas of the subtropics and tropics around the world. Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in canavalia maritima. Results from a taxonomic study of the genus canavalia in south africa is presented. Leaflets elliptic, oblongelliptic to subcircular, 2. Crystallization and preliminary xray diffraction analysis of the lectin from canavalia gladiata seeds. Department of agriculture agricultural research service. There are four species of subgenus canavalia in south africa namely canavalia africana, canavalia ensiformis, canavalia gladiata and canavalia rosea. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles. List of various diseases cured by canavalia maritima.
Canavalia rosea, also known as baybean or jackbean, is a fastgrowing beachdwelling vine from various coastal regions of the world, including the gulf of mexico and various coasts of australia. Canavalia rosea beach bean is a mostly herbaceous vine that trails along beach dunes and coastal strand. For more multimedia, look at canavalia on wikimedia commons. Antiangiogenic activity of 4omethylgallic acid from canavalia gladiata, a dietary legume. Avh is a collaborative project of the state, commonwealth and territory herbaria, developed under the auspices of the council of heads of australasian herbaria chah, representing the major australian collections. Baybean is a fairly little known ethnobotanical, but will surely become wellknown very soon. Canavalia is currently divided into four subgenera. Canavalia rosea is a species of flowering plant of the genus canavalia in the pea family, fabaceae, that has a pantropical distribution. Subgenus catadonia is a new world subgenus but is represented by one species catadonia bonariensis, which has a peculiar disjunct distribution occurring in south america, south africa and madagascar. Canavalia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family and comprises approximately 48 to 50 species of tropical vines. It is well known as beach bean, baybean, seaside jackbean and coastal jack bean vatanparast 2010.
The australasian virtual herbarium avh is an online resource that provides immediate access to the wealth of plant specimen information held by australian herbaria. My friend said me in the invoice that the latin name was canavalia maritima, though in the small paper covers the bag labeled as canavalia rosea btw the fabacea thing seems interesting, many botanicals in this family have dopaminergic properties, i. Bay bean is a vine found in tropical and subtropical beach dunes throughout mexico and parts of south america. This is a creeping plant a climber, if it has where to climb from the southeastern brazilian litoral, being one of the first colonizers of the beach sands, near to the sea. Fabaceae is a species of flowering plants in the family leguminosae. Canavalia a genus of perennial prostrate trailing, climbing, or, sometimes, woody plants of the family leguminosae. Canavalia maritima herb uses, benefits, cures, side. The genus canavalia includes the tropical high climbing jackbeans.
Binding of cona, a manglc specific plant lectin from the jack bean canavalia ensiformis, to a series of mono and oligosaccharides including the core trimannoside, 3,6dio. For the nomenclature of canavalia rosea, see aymard in ernstia 8. Canavalia rosea is a perennial herb with a trailing or climbing stem growing 2 10 metres long and becoming somewhat woody with age310. It is extremely good for mixing with other herbs, notably spice alternatives like fusion most of which are assumed to contain jwh018. There are four species of subgenus canavalia in south africa namely c. Kessler 1990 describes the bush types as compact, erect. Canavalia synonyms, canavalia pronunciation, canavalia translation, english dictionary definition of canavalia.
Some members of fann may provide services that do not further the fnps mission, and. The legume seeds are considered to be a cheap source of good protein and calories that are easily available. Beach bean, bay bean eat the weeds and other things, too. The adult beans are definitely to be avoided but the young seeds are being eaten by humans. Beach bean canavalia rosea is ntive to texas and other states. The record derives from ildis data supplied on 20100714 which reports it as an accepted name record 3633. Hemp is one of the best drugs known to man a legal plant with similar properties would be very useful. The fruit, or bean, is 640 mm long, hard, swordlike, with 415 large seeds. Names of canavalia maritima in various languages of the world are also given.
Notes on thai coastal canavalia fabaceae, papilionoideae. Effects of canavalia lectins on acute inflammation in sensitized and nonsensitized rats. Anthers and 8 other explant types of this species tender pods, cotyledons of ripened beans, cotyledons of germinated dry seeds, hypocotyls, young shoot buds, nodes, internodes, and roots were used. This is a stub page which contains only a minimal amount of information. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. Beach bean canavalia rosea, bahia honda state park, big pine key, florida 30746764294. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Known hazards none known botanical references range widespread throughout the coastal regions of the tropics and subtropics. Canavalia gladiata and canavalia ensiformis seeds is a novelty gadget magic message bean, fastgrowing seedling with the message engraved on the cotyledon. The species of canavalia endemic to the hawaiian islands were named. Request pdf notes on thai coastal canavalia fabaceae, papilionoideae two species of coastal canavalia adans. The seeds of this species are white, with a hilum that extends to less than half the length of the seed red in canavalia gladiata, with a hilum that extends nearly the whole length of the seed.
The jack bean consists of both bush and climbing types. The plants database includes the following 17 species of canavalia. Jack bean canavalia ensiformis, cowpea vigna unguiculata and sorghum sorghum bicolor grains are alternative. Provided by ars systematic botany and mycology laboratory. How canavalia maritima is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. Dmannopyranoside, a branched chain trisaccharide moiety found in all nlinked carbohydrates, was investigated using itc 18. Micropropagation of the wild legume canavalia rosea sw. Moteetee department of botany and plant biotechnology, university of johannesburg, po box 524, auckland park 2006, south africa results from a taxonomic study of the genus canavalia in south africa are presented. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. In doing so, fnps is not attesting to the accuracy of any information on the fann webite.
Canavalia species, bay bean, beach bean, coastal jack bean. Canavalia ensiformis an overview sciencedirect topics. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. Canavalia rosea grows as longlived perennial vine climbing and rambling up to 15 meters in length. Anthers and 8 other explant types of this species tender pods, cotyledons of ripened beans, cotyledons of germinated dry seeds, hypocotyls, young shoot buds, nodes, internodes, and. A tropical perennial legume, it is mainly cultivated as an annual ekanayake et al. Members of the genus are commonly known as jackbeans. Commonly known as beach bean, bay bean, seaside bean, coastal jackbean, or mackenzie bean. Canavalia article about canavalia by the free dictionary. Canavalia species, sword bean, swordbean canavalia gladiata. Members of the leguminosaeare spread worldwide and are cultivated in all climates. There is also no record of its use in primitive societies as a sacred hallucinogen, although seeds have been found in graves in oaxaca and yucatan mexico and in peru. Perennial climber or trailer, up to several m long. I planted canavalia gladiata this year in may next to a chain link fence and it has grown to about twenty feet and has about twenty of the pods on it and i cant decide to try the pods or not but at least.
The genus canavalia is well known owing to the extensive carried out on canavalia gladiata, canavalia ensiformis, canavalia maritime, canavalia rosea etc. Growing to over 20 feet in length, this species has thick leaves designed to lock in moisture in subtropical heat. Canavalia definition of canavalia by the free dictionary. Evaluation of growth performance, serum biochemistry and haematological parameters on broiler birds fed with raw and processed samples of entada scandens, canavalia gladiata and canavalia ensiformis seed meal as an alternative protein source. Canavalia rosea in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Canavalia rosea baybean dried plants ethnobotanical.
The wild legume canavalia rosea known in india as c. Trailing or twining herb with alternate firm to leathery leaves with 3 nearly circular leaflets. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. Baybean canavalia maritima or canavalia rosea is a plant that has very little effect on its own. The genus belongs to the recently recircumscribed tribe diocleae previously subtribe diocleinae. However, even with this knowledge, the utilization of most legumes is apparently low. Canavalia rosea maritima beach coastal jack bean seeds.