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Canavalia napaliensis
(Fabaceae)

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Species description or overview

Canavalia napaliensis information from NTBG
Information about Canavalia napaliensis is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).


Taxonomy & nomenclature

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

Canavalia napaliensis information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Canavalia napaliensis--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.

Canavalia napaliensis information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Canavalia napaliensis, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Canavalia napaliensis
Nomenclatural information about Canavalia napaliensis is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).


Federal endangered/threatened status

U.S. federal E/T status for Canavalia napaliensis
U.S. federal endangered/threatened status information is provided for Canavalia napaliensis on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) website.


Cultivation & propagation

In the Garden: Pawale seed capsules great for lei
Pawale (Rumex skottsbergii) and kakalaioa (Caesalpinia bonduc) are among the native plants that are good for lei making in this Rick Barboza column (Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features, 1/21/2005).


Distribution

Canavalia napaliensis information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Canavalia napaliensis--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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