Canavalia pubescens (Fabaceae)

Species description or overview

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Canavalia pubescens information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Canavalia pubescens--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 pubescens information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Canavalia pubescens, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

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

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).

Images

Canavalia pubescens information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Canavalia pubescens in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Canavalia pubescens images from Native Plants Hawaii
Images of Canavalia pubescens are provided on the Native Plants Hawaii website.

Canavalia pubescens images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Canavalia pubescens are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.

Distribution

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

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The content of this page is based on information last generated on 15 October 2017 by PT. The template for this page was created on 15 March 2004 by EMS, and was last updated on 20 February 2006 by PT.