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July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
| 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. |
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