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Canavalia gladiata

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  • Botanical Name : Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.
  • Synonyms : Dolichos gladiatus Jacq.
  • Common Name : Abbo, Alad, Tarvardi, Fofal
  • Plant Family : Papilionaceae
  • Plant Form : Climbers
  • Occurrence (Sectors) : 4

About Canavalia gladiata Plant :

  • Habit : A stout, glabrous, lignose twiner.
  • Leaves : Compound, leaflets subcoriaceous, glabrous or nearly so.
  • Flowers : Flowers in racemes, compact at the ends of stout, axillary peduncle.
  • Fruit :
    • Pods glabrous, straight or slightly falcate.
    • Seeds ellipsoidal, compressed, smooth, glabrous.
  • Flowering and Fruiting Time : August - January
  • Significance : Cultivated for its seeds which are widely used as pulses.