Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Canavalia gladiata
Scientific Name and Description
Canavalia gladiata (JACQ.) DC.
Herb Family
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Canavalia ensiformis SENSU BAKER
Dolichos gladiatus JACQ.
Dolichos gladiatus JACQ.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | jack bean, jamaica horse bean, jamaican horse bean, sabre bean, sword bean |
| Hindi | gojiasema, goyijiyashivalam, kadasambal, kadsambu, khadsambal, khadsampal, lalkudsumbal, lalkudusumpal, safedkudsumbal, sema, suarasema, sweeta-sima |
| Kannada | kaadavare, kadavare, kadavari, sambe, shambe, shambee avare, shembiavare, tamateballi, tamategida, thumbe kaayi, tumbekonji |
| Malayalam | bara-mareca, baramareca, kanavala, kanavazha, kattuvalamarakkaya, katubaramareca, valamara, valavarai, valavarata, valpayar, valvara |
| Marathi | aabayee, abai, gavara, gavari, ghevdo, govari, khadasambala, kisamari |
| Sanskrit | asishimbi, asisimbi, brihatshimbi, khadgashimbi, koshaphala, maha-shibee, mahashimbi, mahasimbi, nilashimbika, shimbi, sthulashimbi |
| Tamil | ampucakitacceti, ampucakitam, anititam, anititavavaraikkoti, araniyamutkam, cetittampattai, cetittampattaiyavarai, cikkuri, cikkuricceti, civapputtampattai, cupakavavarai, kattavarai1, kattavaraikkoti, kattuttambattan, kattuvalari, kayilakakkoti, kayilakam, kocapalam,kodittambattan, kolhiyavarai, koliavarai, kolikkoti, kolippuntu, koliyavarai, koliyenramuli, koshi avarai, kottuttambattam, paluvakkoti, pataiyavarai, patavarai, patavavarai, peyavarai, peyavarai , peyppatal ,peyttampattai, peyttampattaiyavarai, pukati, pukatiyavaraikkoti, segapputampattai, segapu thampattai, sivapputtambattai, tampattai, tampattam, tampattankay, tampattankoti, thamattan, thambattai, tottiraiyakkoti, tottirayam, ulakanamikkoti, ulakanapi, valavarai, varaiyaruttan, varaiyaruttankoti, vellaittampattai, vellaittampattan, vellaittumattan |
| Telugu | adavichamma, adavitamma, adavithamma, chamba kaasya, chamma, erratamma, errathamma, ettatamma, kaaranputhige, karanuputige, karochikadu, karuchamma, karutamma, karuthamma, shimbi, simbi, tamba, tamma, thamba, thamma, thamma kaaya, tumbettankaya, yerratamma, yerrathambattankaya |
| Common Names | sword bean, scimitar bean |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Ethnopharmacology use
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC
Habit - Climber
Parts used - Seed, bud, root, leaves, legume, bark
Application - Enlargement of liver; rheumatism; food; edible; epilepsy; earache
Treatment - General
References - Rao et al. 2006, Sreeramulu et al. 2013
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Rao et al. 2006
Sreeramulu et al. 2013
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Canavalia gladiata. (2023, November 12). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canavalia_gladiata