Canavalia ensiformis

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Canavalia ensiformis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Canavalia ensiformis, DC. (C. gladiata var. ensiformis, DC.). Jack Bean. Chickasaw Lima. Figs. 485 (Vol. I), 778. Glabrous or nearly so: lfts. ovate-oblong or ovate, mucronate: upper lip of calyx longer than the tube, recurved and notched; keel blunt, curved: seeds white, with a dark raphe. Tropics of both hemispheres.—B.M. 4027. A.G. 14: 84.—Grown in the southern states for stock, but the pods make passable snap beans when not more than 4-6 in. long. In warm countries it is a bushy plant, with little tendency to climb. The pods reach a length of 10-14 in., the walls being very hard and dense when ripe; the halves of the pod, when split apart, roll up spirally often into an almost perfect cylinder. The large white turgid beans, bearing a very prominent brown seed-scar, are packed crosswise the pod, imbedded in a very thin white papery lining. The fls. are small and light purple, resembling those of the cowpea (but larger) and of various species of Dolichos. The lfts. are large and broad (5-8 in. long and half or three-fifths as broad), strongly veined and dull, dark green, abruptly pointed and smooth. Beans said to be used as a coffee substitute. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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