Fabaceae
Wonderbean
Canavalia ensiformis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Canavalia
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Common names
By language (22)
- ace
- Kacang parang
- Arabic
- فاصوليا صيفية, فاصولياء صيفية
- arz
- انفورميس كانافاليا
- Bambara
- Ngɔjɛ
- Chinese
- 白刀豆, 關刀豆, 乌榄, 刀巴豆, 刀豆, 尖萼刀豆, 洋刀豆, 直生刀豆
- dag
- Kpaaliegu
- Divehi
- މާނިފާ
- English
- Wonderbean, Jack bean
- Esperanto
- Gigantfabo
- French
- Pois sabre blanc
- German
- Jackbohne, Riesenbohne
- Haitian Creole
- Pwa maldyòk
- Indonesian
- Kara pedang
- Japanese
- タチナタマメ
- Javanese
- Krandang
- Korean
- 작두콩, 도두, 협검두
- Malagasy
- Jangala
- Polish
- Kanawalia mieczokształtna
- Portuguese
- Feijão-de-porco
- Russian
- Канавалия мечевидная
- Sundanese
- Kacang parang
- Swahili
- Mwingasiafu
Synonyms
- Canavalia ensiformis var. albida DC.
- Canavalia ensiformis var. coriacea Domin
- Canavalia ensiformis var. normalis Kuntze
- Canavalia ensiformis var. truncata Ricker
- Canavalia gladiata f. leucocarpa Taub.
- Canavalia gladiata var. leucosperma Voigt
- Canavalia stocksii Dalzell & A.Gibson
- Dolichos acinaciformis Jacq.
- Dolichos cienskowskii Schweinf. & Asch.
- Dolichos cultratus Wight ex Steud.
- Dolichos ensiformis L.
- Dolichos mutabilis Salisb.
- Dolichos pugioniformis Rauschert
- Dolichos pugioniformis Raeusch.
- Malocchia ensiformis Savi
- Phaseolus virosus Bojer
- Psophocarpus cienkowskii Schweinf. ex Baker f.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Roger Culos, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Don McCulley, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.