Canavalia lineata




Family Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily Faboideae
Tribe Phaseoleae
Subtribe Diocleinae
Scientific name Canavalia lineata (Thunberg) de Candolle
Synonyms Canavalia lineata (Thunberg) de Candolle forma albiflora Y. Kimura; Dolichos lineatus Thunberg
Common name (Japanese common name) hama-nata-mame (ハマナタマメ, 浜鉈豆 [meaning: beach hatchet bean])
(English common name) everlasting pea, perennial pea
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand
Habitat Sand beach, field near baech
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants creepoing. Leaves 6-12cm long, 4-10cm wide. Flowers pink or white (forma albiflora) 2.5-3cm long, calyxs ca. 1cm long, flowering in June to August. Fruits 5-10cm long, 3-3.5cm wide. Perennial plants.
Reference Canavalia lineata (Thunb.) DC.
Legume products (US Patent 6555143/2003)
Nucleic acid sequences and expression system relating to Enterococcus faecium for diagnostics and therapeutics (US Patent 6583275/2003)
Methods for treating skin pigmentation (US Patent 6750229/2004)
Proteins with increased levels of essential amino acids (US Patent 6800726/2004)
Polynucleotides and polypeptides that confer increased biomass and tolerance to cold, water deprivation and low nitrogen to plants (US Patent 7196245/2007)
Compositions containing legume products (US Patent 7192615/2007)
Note Canavalia rosea (Swartz) de Candolle (syn. Canavalia maritima (Aublet) Thouars) is not a synonym of Canavalia lineata (Thunberg) de Candolle.



July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa
July 2008
at Okinawa