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Species Name:    Canavalia rosea
Common Name:     

     (Bay Bean)

 


I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Plantae Magnoliophyta Magnoliopsida Fabales  Fabaceae Canavalia

Leaf and pod detail of bay bean, Canavalia rosea .  Note that the rounded leaves consist of 3 leaflets. Photo courtesy of K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station.


Pod detail of bay bean, Canavalia rosea.  Photo courtesy of K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station.
Species Name:
 Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC.

Common Name:
Bay Bean, Baybean

Other Taxonomic Groupings:
 Subkingdom : Tracheobionta
Subclass : Rosidae

Synonymy:
Canavalia lineata, Canavalia maritima

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Report by:  K. Hill, Smithsonian Marine Station
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