Plant Details

Accepted name:: Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aabayee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
abai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavichamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavitamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavithamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akpakpu wiwi	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
ampucakitacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ampucakitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anititam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anititavavaraikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asishimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baramareca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brihatshimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cetittampattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cetittampattaiyavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamba kaasya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikkuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikkuricceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civapputtampattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cupakavavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cut eyes	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erratamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
errathamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ettatamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fava-branca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
feijão-bravo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
feijão-de-cobra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
feijão-de-porco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
feijão-de-quebranto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
frijol espada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fève jacques	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gavara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
giant stock bean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant stock-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gojiasema	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gotani-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
govari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goyijiyashivalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haba de burro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
haricot sabre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
horse bean	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
horse-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jack bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jack-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jackbohne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jackböna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jagdukong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jamaica horse bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jamaican horse bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
judía sable	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kaadavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaaranputhige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadasambal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadavari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadsambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanavala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanavazha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanza-ka-mulende	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karanuputige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karochikadu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuchamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karutamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuthamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasa-kambole	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kattuttambattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvalamarakkaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katubaramareca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khadasambala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khadgashimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khadsambal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kijimanu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kisamari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodittambattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolhiyavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolippuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koliyavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koliyenramuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koshaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koshi avarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottuttambattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalkudsumbal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maha-shibee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahashimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mangolô	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
musimina	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
nilashimbika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nsimanje ou nsimana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
one eye bean	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
overlook	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
overlook bean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
paluvakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pataiyavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patavavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pe-dalet	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pe-dama	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
peyavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyttampattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyttampattaiyavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pois g	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pukati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pukatiyavaraikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sabre bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safedkudsumbal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sambe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sema	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sese-nla	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
shambe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shambe avare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shembiavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shimbe balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
simbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivapputtambattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sthulashimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suarasema	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudu avara	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
swaardboontjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sweeta-sima	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sword bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tamateballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamategida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tampattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tampattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tampattankay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tampattankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thamate balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thamattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thamba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thambattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thumbe kanji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tottiraiyakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tottirayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumbekonji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumbettankaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulakanamikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulakanapi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valavarata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varaiyaruttan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varaiyaruttankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaittampattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaittampattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaittumattan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wal avara	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wonder-bean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wonderbean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yang dao dou	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yerratamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerrathambattankaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zhi sheng dao dou	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
වල් අවර	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
සුදු අවර	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Fruit		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
seeds	dry seeds	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
seed		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dolichos ensiformis L. Sp. Pl.: 725 (1753).
Canavalia ensiformis var. albida DC. Prodr. 2: 404 (1825).
Canavalia ensiformis var. coriacea Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 224 (1926).
Canavalia ensiformis var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 55 (1898), not validly publ.
Canavalia ensiformis var. truncata Ricker Castanea 11: 56 (1946).
Canavalia gladiata f. leucocarpa Taub. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 140 (1906), opus utique oppr.
Canavalia gladiata var. leucosperma Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 234 (1845).
Canavalia stocksii Dalzell & A.Gibson Bombay Fl.: 69 (1861).
Dolichos acinaciformis Jacq. Collectanea 1: 114 (1787).
Dolichos cienskowskii Schweinf. & Asch. in G.Schweinfurth & auct. suc. (eds.), Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 256 (1867).
Dolichos cultratus Wight ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 523 (1840), not validly publ.
Dolichos mutabilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 334 (1796).
Dolichos pugioniformis Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 209 (1797).
Malocchia ensiformis Savi Nuovo Giorn. Lett., ser. 3, 8: 113 (1824).
Phaseolus virosus Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 106 (1837), not validly publ.
Psophocarpus cienkowskii Schweinf. ex Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa: 384 (1929), pro syn.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Canavalia ensiformis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Canavalia ensiformis (L.) Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Canavalia ensiformis (L.)DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Canavalia ensiformis DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Canavallia ensiformis DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dolichos ensiformis L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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