Common name: Sword Bean, Jack bean, Scimitar bean, Jamaican horse bean • Hindi: Khadsampal, बड़ी सेम Badi sem • Manipuri: তেবী Tebi • Tamil: Segapputampattai • Malayalam: Valpayar, Valaringha • Telugu: Tamma • Kannada: Tumbekonti, Sembi • Bengali: Makhan shim • Sanskrit: महासिम्बी Mahasimbi, Asisimbi
Botanical name: Canavalia gladiata Family: Fabaceae (Pea family)
Synonyms: Dolichos gladiatus
Sword Bean is a twining, nearly erect annual herb, growing to 6 ft. Flowers
are pink and white, 2.5-4 cm across. The bean is eaten in many parts of
India. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental with very attractive pink-white
pea-like flowers.
Flowering: April-October.
Identification credit: Thingnam Sophia
| Photographed in Imphal, Manipur. |
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