Canavalia africana Dunn

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Path to Hadange Gorge, Chimanimani National Park

Synonyms:	Canavalia ferruginea Piper Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
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Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial climber, up to 15 m. Leaves 3-foliolate. Leaflets 6-17 cm, ovate, more or less velvety on both surfaces. Flowers in pendulous axillary racemes, mauve with white veins, often greenish towards the base. Pod linear-oblong, 10-17 cm with a ridge along the edge, hairy when young.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	africana: African
Habitat:	Along the margins of evergreen and riverine forest or miombo woodland, often in secondary or disturbed places.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1550 m
Flowering time:	Dec - Aug
Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in tropical, northeastern and South Africa, Yemen, Socotra and India.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form:	C
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):	Euchrysops malathana (Common smoky blue)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Tuesday 13 March 2012
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