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Canavalia gladiata

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Family	Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae
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Common names	Sword bean
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Ecocrop code	2227

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A vigorous, deep rooted, slightly woody, high-climbing, twining vine with runners up to 10 m long and coarse trifoliate leaves, and 20 cm long thickened pods with large flattened white or pink seeds. USES Young pods are sometimes eaten fresh, but usually steamed or boiled. Mature seeds are boiled. Dry seeds are often boiled in two or three changes of water, and then soaked overnight and boiled again. The plant is also grown for green manure, cover, and forage. KILLING T The foliage may not tolerate frost, but the beans themselves remain unaffected. GROWING PERIOD Perennial. Grown 55-150 days for green pods, and 180-300 days for mature seed. COMMON NAMES Sword bean, Abai, Avarakai, Babricorn bean, Bengal butter bean, Carota grande, Cut-eye bean, Feve Jack, Gotani bean, Haba de burro, Habas, Pois sabre rouge, Haba de burro, Tum bekai, Kachang parang, Valavarai, Too-a lund tow, Tua pra, Kara bedog, Krandang, Habas, Magtambokau, Pattaning-espana, To tau, Sabre bean, Scimitar bean, Kaos bakol, Kaos parasaman, Kaos pedang, Lubia belfil, Babricorn bean, Pearson bean, Wonder bean. FURTHER INF The sword bean is often considered to have originated in Asia, possibly in Myanmar or adjacent China. It can be grown at elevations between sea level and 1500 m in the tropics. Average yields of dry seed are about 0.7-1.5 t/ha, while the optimum 4.6 t/ha and 40-50 t/ha of green manure/green vegetation can be obtained.
Sources
SOURCES (C. gladiolata (Jacq.) DC.) Roecklein J 1987 pp 185 [USE, RAIN] Kay D 1979 pp 365-370 [TEMP, RAIN, FER, DRA] Tindall H 1983 pp 259 [DEP, LIG, TEXT, FER, TEMP, RAIN, PHO] Duke J 1981 pp 41-43 317 [DRA, SAL, DEP, LIG, RAIN, TEMP, PH] Duke J 1975 pp 10 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] National RC 1979 pp 54 Martin F 1984 pp 224-226 [TEMP, RAIN, PHO, TEXT, PH, USE]