Fabaceae
Sword jackbean
Canavalia gladiata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Canavalia
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- فول هندي
- arz
- كانافاليا جلادياتا
- Burmese
- ပဲနီကြီး
- Chinese
- 刀豆, 紅刀豆, 红刀豆, 小刀豆, 海刀豆, 蔓性刀豆
- English
- Sword jackbean
- Esperanto
- Glavfabo
- French
- Haricot sabre, Haricot-sabre, Pois sabre
- German
- Schwertbohne, Fetischbohne, Madagaskarbohne
- Japanese
- ナタマメ, ナタ豆, 鉈豆
- Malayalam
- വാളമര, Jack bean, Jamaican horse bean, Scimitar bean, Sword Bean, വാളരിങ്ങ, വാളരിപ്പയർ, വാൾപ്പയർ
- Polish
- Kanawalia szablasta
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇလၢပ်ႇၵႅၼ်, ထူဝ်ႇလႅင်လူင်, မၢၵ်ႇလပ်ႉၽႃႉ
- Spanish
- Haba espada, C. gladiata
- Swahili
- Mbwanda
- Tamil
- வாள் அவரை, கத்தி அவரை
- Telugu
- తంబకాయ
- Vietnamese
- Đậu kiếm
Synonyms
- Canavalia enformis var. alba Makino
- Canavalia enformis var. gladiata (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Canavalia ensiformis var. alba Makino
- Canavalia ensiformis var. gladiata (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Canavalia foureiri G.Don
- Canavalia gladiata f. alba (Makino) H.Ohashi
- Canavalia gladiata f. erythrocarpa Taub.
- Canavalia gladiata var. alba (Makino) Hisauti
- Canavalia gladiata var. erythosperma Voigt
- Canavalia gladiata var. erythrosperma Voigt
- Canavalia gladiata var. gladiata
- Canavalia gladiata var. machaeroides DC.
- Canavalia incurva (Thunb.) DC.
- Canavalia incurva Thouars
- Canavalia loureiroi G.Don
- Canavalia lunareti Carrière
- Canavalia machaeroides (DC.) Steud.
- Canavalia maxima Thouars
- Cryptophaseolus anamensis Kuntze
- Dolichos faba-indica Forssk.
- Dolichos gladiatus Jacq.
- Dolichos incurvus Thunb.
- Malocchia gladiata Savi
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.