Canavalia rosea

Canavalia rosea is a perennial herb with a trailing or climbing stem growing 2 - 10 metres long and becoming somewhat woody with age. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Uses

Athlete Foot, Acne, Boils, Rheumatism.

Parts Used

Leaves, Root.

Chemical Composition

It contains Tannins, Phlobatannins, Saponins, Flavonoids, Alkaloids, Cardiac glycosides and Phenolics.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	ತಮಟೇ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Thamate balli
Hindi	Guthari
Malayalam	Manal avara
Tamil	Koli-y-avarai
Telugu	Madana
Marathi	Sagar abai
Gujarathi	Adbau talwardi
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English	Beach bean, Bay bean

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Ovate	Compound leaves

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
		White	Inflorescence is raceme, Consisting of 10 to 20 flowers	{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Sword	20-35 cm long and 3-6 wide			Reddish seeds	Each pods contains reddish seeds

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

The seeds are buoyant and impermeable to water - they are thus able to float considerable distances in the sea, thereby explaining the plants wide distribution.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Coastal bushland, Roadsides, Lake shores.

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