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Canavalia galeata
(Fabaceae)

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Taxonomy & nomenclature Cultivation & propagation Images Distribution In the news


Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Canavalia galeata
Nomenclatural information about Canavalia galeata is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Canavalia galeata
Nomenclatural information about Canavalia galeata is provided by ITIS.

Canavalia galeata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Canavalia galeata--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.


Cultivation & propagation

Canavalia galeata ('awikiwiki) propagation and cultivation (UH/CTAHR)
Awikiwiki propagation using scarified seeds and hormone-treated cuttings is reviewed in the Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database from the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.


Images

Canavalia galeata images by Karl Magnacca
Images of Canavalia galeata by Karl Magnacca are available online.


Distribution

Canavalia galeata information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Canavalia galeata--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.


In the news

Climbing vine makes for beautiful lei (Star Bulletin, 3/21/2008)
Awikiwiki (Canavalia hawaiiensis and other Canavalia species) is a useful landscape and lei plant (Rick Barboza, "In The Garden").


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