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Canavalia ensiformis (Horsebean; Jack Bean; Horse Bean; wonder-bean; wonderbean; Sword Bean; Pipi; Pois Maldioc; Gros Pois; Swordbean; Sabre-Bean; Pois Sabre; Pois de Sabre; Overlook Bean; Jackbean; Haba Criolla; Garde Place; Dolique; Cocorico)

Synonyms:
Language: Hindi; Sinhala

Wikipedia Abstract

Canavalia ensiformis, or (common) jack bean, is a legume which is used for animal fodder and human nutrition, especially in Brazil where it is called feijão-de-porco ("pig bean"). It is also the source of concanavalin A.
View Wikipedia Record: Canavalia ensiformis

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual/Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Predators

Astraptes talus[3]
Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[4]
Lampides boeticus (bean butterfly)[3]
Neptis hylas (Common sailor butterfly)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0