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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.
Bay-bean, Horse-bean

Canavalia rosea
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Fabaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Vine

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: Bermuda, the West Indies, southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World tropics.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For more images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Synonyms: Canavali gladiata [orth. var.] of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not DC; Canavali lineata [orth. var.] of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not DC.

Other data on Canavalia rosea available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Canavalia rosea has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Open Coastal Uplands

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Canavalia rosea
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Canavalia rosea
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Canavalia rosea
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Canavalia rosea
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Canavalia rosea
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Canavalia rosea
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley